- Compress::Zlib
- Version 1.40
+ Compress::Zlib
- 23 September 2005
+ Version 2.000_12
- Copyright (c) 1995-2005 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved.
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+ 17 May 2006
- The directory zlib-src contains a subset of the source files copied
- directly from zlib version 1.2.3. These files are Copyright(C)
- 1995-2005 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.
- Full source for the zlib library is available at
- http://www.zlib.org
+ Copyright (c) 1995-2006 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved.
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it
+ and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+
+
+
+ WARNING
+ THIS IS BETA CODE.
+
+ DO NOT use in production code.
+ Please report any problems.
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-This module provides a Perl interface to most of the zlib compression
-library. For more details see the pod documentation embedded in the
-file Zlib.pm.
-If you have downloaded this module in the expectation of manipulating the
-contents of .zip files, you will need to fetch and build the Archive::Zip
-module below once you have installed this one.
+This module provides a Perl interface to the zlib compression library.
+
+
- http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Archive/Archive-Zip-*.tar.gz
PREREQUISITES
Before you can build Compress::Zlib you need to have the following
installed on your system:
- * A C compiler
* Perl 5.004 or better.
+ * Compress::Raw::Zlib
+ * IO::Compress::Gzip
+
+
-By default, Compress::Zlib will build its own private copy of the zlib
-library. If you want to use a different version of zlib, follow the
-instructions in the section called "Controlling the version of zlib used
-by Compress::Zlib" later in this document.
BUILDING THE MODULE
make install
-UPDATES
--------
-
-The most recent version of Compress::Zlib is always available at
-
- http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Compress/
-
-
-
-Controlling the version of zlib used by Compress::Zlib
------------------------------------------------------
-
-Compress::Zlib interfaces to the zlib compression library. There are
-three options available to control which version/instance of the zlib
-library is used:
-
- 1. Build a private copy of the zlib library using the zlib library
- source that is included with this module.
- This is the default and recommended option.
-
- 2. Build a private copy of the zlib library using a standard zlib
- source distribution.
-
- 3. Use a pre-built zlib library.
-
-Note that if you intend to use either Option 2 or 3, you need to have
-zlib version 1.0.6 or better. Although this module can build with old
-versions of zlib, it is strongly recommended that you use the most recent
-version of zlib available.
-
-
-The contents of the file config.in are used to control which of the
-three options is actually used. This file is used during the
-
- perl Makefile.PL
-
-step of the build, so remember to make any required changes to config.in
-before building this module.
-
-
-
- Option 1
- --------
-
- For option 1, edit the file config.in and set the variables in it
- as follows:
-
- BUILD_ZLIB = True
- INCLUDE = ./zlib-src
- LIB = ./zlib-src
- OLD_ZLIB = False
-
-
- Option 2
- --------
-
- For option 2, fetch a copy of the zlib source distribution from
- http://www.zlib.org and unpack it into the Compress::Zlib source
- directory. Assuming you have fetched zlib 1.1.4, it will create a
- directory called zlib-1.1.4.
-
- Now set the variables in the file config.in as follows (if the version
- you have fetched isn't 1.1.4, change the INCLUDE and LIB variables
- appropriately):
-
- BUILD_ZLIB = True
- INCLUDE = ./zlib-1.1.4
- LIB = ./zlib-1.1.4
- OLD_ZLIB = False
-
-
- Option 3
- --------
-
- For option 3, you need to find out where zlib is stored on your system.
- There are two parts to this.
-
- First, find the directory where the zlib library is stored (some common
- names for the library are libz.a and libz.so). Set the LIB variable in
- the config.in file to that directory.
-
- Secondly, find the directory where the file zlib.h is stored. Now set
- the INCLUDE variable in the config.in file to that directory.
-
- Next set BUILD_ZLIB to False
-
- Finally, if you are running zlib 1.0.5 or older, set the OLD_ZLIB
- variable to True. Otherwise set it to False.
-
- As an example, if the zlib library on your system is in /usr/local/lib,
- zlib.h is in /usr/local/include and zlib is more older than version
- 1.0.5, the variables in config.in should be set as follows:
-
- BUILD_ZLIB = False
- INCLUDE = /usr/local/include
- LIB = /usr/local/lib
- OLD_ZLIB = True
-
+
TROUBLESHOOTING
---------------
+
Undefined Symbol gzsetparams
----------------------------
If you get the error shown below when you run the Compress::Zlib test
-harness it probably means you are running a copy of zlib that is version
-1.0.5 or older.
+harness it probably means you are running a copy of zlib that is
+version 1.0.5 or older.
t/01version.........Can't load 'blib/arch/auto/Compress/Zlib/Zlib.so' for
- module Compress::Zlib: blib/arch/auto/Compress/Zlib/Zlib.so:
+ module Compress::Raw::Zlib: blib/arch/auto/Compress/Raw/Zlib/Zlib.so:
undefined symbol: gzsetparams at ...
There are two ways to fix this problem:
Test Harness 01version fails
----------------------------
-If the 01version test harness fails, and the problem isn't covered by
-the scenario above, it probably means that you have two versions of zlib
-installed on your system.
+If the 01version test harness fails, and the problem isn't covered by the
+scenario above, it probably means that you have two versions of
+zlib installed on your system.
Run the command below to see if this is indeed the case
-Solaris build fails with "language optional software package not installed"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-If you are trying to build this module under Solaris and you get an
-error message like this
-
- /usr/ucb/cc: language optional software package not installed
-
-it means that Perl cannot find the C compiler on your system. The cryptic
-message is just Sun's way of telling you that you haven't bought their
-C compiler.
-When you build a Perl module that needs a C compiler, the Perl build
-system tries to use the same C compiler that was used to build perl
-itself. In this case your Perl binary was built with a C compiler that
-lived in /usr/ucb.
-To continue with building this module, you need to get a C compiler,
-or tell Perl where your C compiler is, if you already have one.
-
-Assuming you have now got a C compiler, what you do next will be dependant
-on what C compiler you have installed. If you have just installed Sun's
-C compiler, you shouldn't have to do anything. Just try rebuilding
-this module.
-
-If you have installed another C compiler, say gcc, you have to tell perl
-how to use it instead of /usr/ucb/cc.
-
-This set of options seems to work if you want to use gcc. Your mileage
-may vary.
-
- perl Makefile.PL CC=gcc CCCDLFLAGS=-fPIC OPTIMIZE=" "
- make test
-
-If that doesn't work for you, it's time to make changes to the Makefile
-by hand. Good luck!
-
-
-
-
-Solaris build fails with "gcc: unrecognized option `-KPIC'"
------------------------------------------------------------
-
-You are running Solaris and you get an error like this when you try to
-build this Perl module
-
- gcc: unrecognized option `-KPIC'
-
-This symptom usually means that you are using a Perl binary that has been
-built with the Sun C compiler, but you are using gcc to build this module.
-
-When Perl builds modules that need a C compiler, it will attempt to use
-the same C compiler and command line options that was used to build perl
-itself. In this case "-KPIC" is a valid option for the Sun C compiler,
-but not for gcc. The equivalent option for gcc is "-fPIC".
-
-The solution is either:
-
- 1. Build both Perl and this module with the same C compiler, either
- by using the Sun C compiler for both or gcc for both.
-
- 2. Try generating the Makefile for this module like this perl
-
- perl Makefile.PL CC=gcc CCCDLFLAGS=-fPIC OPTIMIZE=" " LD=gcc
- make test
-
- This second option seems to work when mixing a Perl binary built
- with the Sun C compiler and this module built with gcc. Your
- mileage may vary.
-
-
-
-HP-UX Notes
------------
-
-I've had a report that when building Compress::Zlib under HP-UX that it
-is necessary to have first built the zlib library with the -fpic option.
-
-
-
-Linux Notes
------------
-
-Although most Linux distributions already come with zlib, some people
-report getting this error when they try to build this module:
-
-$ make
-cp Zlib.pm blib/lib/Compress/Zlib.pm
-AutoSplitting blib/lib/Compress/Zlib.pm (blib/lib/auto/Compress/Zlib)
-/usr/bin/perl -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap Zlib.xs > Zlib.xsc && mv Zlib.xsc Zlib.c
-gcc -c -I/usr/local/include -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -DVERSION=\"1.16\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.16\" -fPIC -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux/CORE Zlib.c
-Zlib.xs:25:19: zlib.h: No such file or directory
-make: *** [Zlib.o] Error 1
-
-This usually means that you have not installed the development RPM
-for zlib. Check for an RPM that start with "zlib-devel" in your Linux
-distribution.
-
-
-
-
-Win32 Notes
------------
-
-If you are running Activestate Perl (from http://www.activestate.com),
-it ships with a pre-compiled version of Compress::Zlib. To check if a
-newer version of Compress::Zlib is available run this from the command
-prompt
-
- C:\> ppm verify -upgrade Compress-Zlib
-
-
-If you are not running Activestate Perl and you don't have access
-to a C compiler, you will not be able to build and install this module.
-
-
-
-
-Win32 & Cygwin Notes
---------------------
-
-It is not possible to install Compress::Zlib using the CPAN shell.
-This is because the Compress::Zlib DLL is itself used by the CPAN shell
-and it is impossible to remove a DLL while it is already loaded under
-Windows.
-
-The workaround is to install Compress::Zlib manually using the
-instructions given at the start of this file.
-
-
-
-Mac OX X Notes
---------------
-
-Some versions of Mac OS X are failing a number of the tests in the
-06gzdopen.t test harness.
-
-The functionality being exercised in these tests is checking that it is
-possible to call gzopen with an existing Perl filehandle instead of a
-filename. For some reason it does not seem possible to extract a
-numeric file descriptor (using fileno) from a FILE* and then make use
-of it.
-
-If you happen to now how to fix for this, I would like to hear from you.
-
-In the meantime, a workaround that has been reported to me is to use fink,
-available at http://fink.sourceforge.net
To help me help you, I need all of the following information:
- 1. The *complete* output from running this
-
- perl -V
-
- Do not edit the output in any way.
- Note, I want you to run "perl -V" and NOT "perl -v".
-
- If your perl does not understand the "-V" option it is too
- old. This module needs Perl version 5.004 or better.
+ 1. The Versions of everything relevant.
+ This includes:
+
+ a. The *complete* output from running this
+
+ perl -V
+
+ Do not edit the output in any way.
+ Note, I want you to run "perl -V" and NOT "perl -v".
+
+ If your perl does not understand the "-V" option it is too
+ old. This module needs Perl version 5.004 or better.
+
+ b. The version of Compress::Zlib you have.
+ If you have successfully installed Compress::Zlib, this one-liner
+ will tell you:
- 2. The version of Compress::Zlib you have.
- If you have successfully installed Compress::Zlib, this one-liner
- will tell you:
+ perl -MCompress::Zlib -e 'print qq[ver $Compress::Zlib::VERSION\n]'
- perl -MCompress::Zlib -e 'print qq[ver $Compress::Zlib::VERSION\n]'
+ If you areplete* output from running this
+
+ perl -V
+
+ Do not edit the output in any way.
+ Note, I want you to run "perl -V" and NOT "perl -v".
+
+ If your perl does not understand the "-V" option it is too
+ old. This module needs Perl version 5.004 or better.
- If you are running windows use this
+ b. The version of Compress::Zlib you have.
+ If you have successfully installed Compress::Zlib, this one-liner
+ will tell you:
- perl -MCompress::Zlib -e "print qq[ver $Compress::Zlib::VERSION\n]"
+ perl -MCompress::Zlib -e 'print qq[ver $Compress::Zlib::VERSION\n]'
- If you haven't installed Compress::Zlib then search Compress::Zlib.pm
- for a line like this:
+ If you are running windows use this
- $VERSION = "1.05" ;
+ perl -MCompress::Zlib -e "print qq[ver $Compress::Zlib::VERSION\n]"
- 3. The version of zlib you have installed.
- If you have successfully installed Compress::Zlib, this one-liner
- will tell you:
+ If you haven't installed Compress::Zlib then search Compress::Zlib.pm
+ for a line like this:
- perl -MCompress::Zlib -e "print q[zlib ver ]. Compress::Zlib::ZLIB_VERSION.qq[\n]"
+ $VERSION = "1.05" ;
- If not, look at the beginning of the file zlib.h.
- 4. If you are having problems building Compress::Zlib, send me a
- complete log of what happened. Start by unpacking the Compress:Zlib
+ 2. If you are having problems building Compress::Zlib, send me a
+ complete log of what happened. Start by unpacking the Compress::Zlib
module into a fresh directory and keep a log of all the steps
[edit config.in, if necessary]
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