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Package: zlib

Release: zlib-1.2.3-1-mingw32

Files:	 zlib-1.2.3-1-mingw32-src.tar.gz	(full source code)
	 zlib-1.2.3-1-mingw32-doc.tar.gz	(FAQ and example code)
	 zlib-1.2.3-1-mingw32-lic.tar.gz	(licensing terms)
	 zlib-1.2.3-1-mingw32-man.tar.gz	(manpages)

	 libz-1.2.3-1-mingw32-dev.tar.gz	(libraries and headers)
	 libz-1.2.3-1-mingw32-dll-1.tar.gz	(redistributable DLL)

Notes:	 This is a binary release of the zlib compression/decompression
	 library, compiled for use with mingw32 applications.

	 The source code is unchanged from that distributed by zlib.net,
	 with the exception of the addition of a simple build script, to
	 facilitate the mingw32 build, and a minimal set of patches, to
	 the delivered configure script and makefile, for identification
	 of the cross-compiler tool chain used for this build.  The
	 extra files are, respectively:

	 	mingw32-build.sh		(build script)
		mingw32-patch.01		(patch set)

	 The "src" tarball delivers the full unmodified source code from
	 zlib.net, with the addition of the above two files.

	 The "doc", "lic" and "man" tarballs provide the documentation
	 components, as identified above, abstracted from the source
	 tarball, and repackaged into a file hierarchy structure which
	 is suitable for installation into the user's installed MinGW
	 directory hierarchy; for a standard installation, they should
	 be unpacked into the C:\MinGW directory.

	 Developers of mingw32 applications, who wish to link to the
	 zlib libraries, will require at least the "dev" tarball; this
	 provides the libz.a static version of the library, libz.dll.a
	 import library, for linking to a DLL version of the library,
	 and the set of C language headers common to both.  The DLL
	 version of the library, libz-1.dll, is provided separately, by
	 the "dll-1" tarball.  (Note that both of these tarballs are
	 identified by a package name of "libz", rather than "zlib",
	 reflecting the actual names of the libraries they provide).
	 As in the case of the installable documentation, each of these
	 tarballs should be unpacked into the C:\MinGW directory.

	 Please note that the libz-1.dll delivered by this package
	 should be compatible with the standard zlib1.dll distributed by
	 zlib.net.  However, such compatibility has not been verified;
	 hence the DLL is distributed by MinGW.org using the alternative
	 name, libz-1.dll.