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author | Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org> | 1998-05-22 12:20:07 +0000 |
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committer | Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org> | 1998-05-22 12:20:07 +0000 |
commit | f7bd44eb32a5d7a8313e6cc96a1e9b197c1a8c01 (patch) | |
tree | 95359fabea5a3f5b8d23f7fac9bc645d3c97aed8 | |
parent | e3ac52f2e1823e531ea2514abe8e5bb87f26ca0a (diff) | |
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added a README.rsync to explain what we have changed in zlib and to
tell people that any bugs are our responsibility.
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diff --git a/zlib/README.rsync b/zlib/README.rsync new file mode 100644 index 00000000..32f3f4e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/zlib/README.rsync @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +zlib has been adapted slightly for use in rsync. Please don't bother +the zlib authors with problems related to the use of zlib in rsync as +any bugs are likely to be our fault and not theirs. + +Specific changes that have been made to zlib for rsync include: + +- add Z_INSERT_ONLY to allow for efficient history updating without + actually emitting any data. This is used to compress the matched + blocks that don't cross the wire, which gives better compression + ratios on the literal data. + +- fixed a number of minor compilation issues. (redefinition of MAX and + other such trivial things) + +- include rsync.h to ensure that we get a consistent set of includes + for all C code in rsync and to take advantage of autoconf + +-- +Paul Mackerras and Andrew Tridgell |