diff options
author | Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org> | 2008-08-12 17:46:17 +1000 |
---|---|---|
committer | Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org> | 2008-08-12 17:46:17 +1000 |
commit | 7177df5df95c9fc0d2bc36340b948697980f00d3 (patch) | |
tree | 43e9115d1a87dabe743cf5092de56a8bb239e05a /source4/lib/zlib/contrib/ada/readme.txt | |
parent | 5f873a4d8fbcd2eaeabb452ffba059338ed55dfc (diff) | |
parent | 0965b22ec561588201a3a79f1f1e316834c8ce0b (diff) | |
download | samba-7177df5df95c9fc0d2bc36340b948697980f00d3.tar.gz samba-7177df5df95c9fc0d2bc36340b948697980f00d3.tar.bz2 samba-7177df5df95c9fc0d2bc36340b948697980f00d3.zip |
Merge branch 'v4-0-test' of ssh://git.samba.org/data/git/samba into 4-0-local
(This used to be commit ce7b1424c711949e6feb0181d3759133b77391ff)
Diffstat (limited to 'source4/lib/zlib/contrib/ada/readme.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | source4/lib/zlib/contrib/ada/readme.txt | 65 |
1 files changed, 65 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source4/lib/zlib/contrib/ada/readme.txt b/source4/lib/zlib/contrib/ada/readme.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ce4d2cadf0 --- /dev/null +++ b/source4/lib/zlib/contrib/ada/readme.txt @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ + ZLib for Ada thick binding (ZLib.Ada) + Release 1.3 + +ZLib.Ada is a thick binding interface to the popular ZLib data +compression library, available at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/. +It provides Ada-style access to the ZLib C library. + + + Here are the main changes since ZLib.Ada 1.2: + +- Attension: ZLib.Read generic routine have a initialization requirement + for Read_Last parameter now. It is a bit incompartible with previous version, + but extends functionality, we could use new parameters Allow_Read_Some and + Flush now. + +- Added Is_Open routines to ZLib and ZLib.Streams packages. + +- Add pragma Assert to check Stream_Element is 8 bit. + +- Fix extraction to buffer with exact known decompressed size. Error reported by + Steve Sangwine. + +- Fix definition of ULong (changed to unsigned_long), fix regression on 64 bits + computers. Patch provided by Pascal Obry. + +- Add Status_Error exception definition. + +- Add pragma Assertion that Ada.Streams.Stream_Element size is 8 bit. + + + How to build ZLib.Ada under GNAT + +You should have the ZLib library already build on your computer, before +building ZLib.Ada. Make the directory of ZLib.Ada sources current and +issue the command: + + gnatmake test -largs -L<directory where libz.a is> -lz + +Or use the GNAT project file build for GNAT 3.15 or later: + + gnatmake -Pzlib.gpr -L<directory where libz.a is> + + + How to build ZLib.Ada under Aonix ObjectAda for Win32 7.2.2 + +1. Make a project with all *.ads and *.adb files from the distribution. +2. Build the libz.a library from the ZLib C sources. +3. Rename libz.a to z.lib. +4. Add the library z.lib to the project. +5. Add the libc.lib library from the ObjectAda distribution to the project. +6. Build the executable using test.adb as a main procedure. + + + How to use ZLib.Ada + +The source files test.adb and read.adb are small demo programs that show +the main functionality of ZLib.Ada. + +The routines from the package specifications are commented. + + +Homepage: http://zlib-ada.sourceforge.net/ +Author: Dmitriy Anisimkov <anisimkov@yahoo.com> + +Contributors: Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.org>, Steve Sangwine <sjs@essex.ac.uk> |