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diff --git a/tiff/html/v3.4beta031.html b/tiff/html/v3.4beta031.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..9b645fa --- /dev/null +++ b/tiff/html/v3.4beta031.html @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE> +Changes in TIFF v3.4beta031 +</TITLE> +</HEAD> + +<BODY> +<FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Sans"> + +<BASEFONT SIZE=4> +<B><FONT SIZE=+3>T</FONT>IFF <FONT SIZE=+2>C</FONT>HANGE <FONT SIZE=+2>I</FONT>NFORMATION</B> +<BASEFONT SIZE=3> + +<UL> +<HR SIZE=4 WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> +<B>Current Version</B>: v3.4beta031<BR> +<B>Previous Version</B>: <A HREF=v3.4beta029.html>v3.4beta029</A><BR> +<B>Master FTP Site</B>: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.sgi.com/graphics/tiff">ftp.sgi.com (192.48.153.1), directory graphics/tiff</A><BR> +<HR SIZE=4 WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> +</UL> + +<P> +This document describes the changes made to the software between the +<I>previous</I> and <I>current</I> versions (see above). +If you don't find something listed here, then it was not done in this +timeframe, or it was not considered important enough to be mentioned. +The following information is located here: +<UL> +<LI><A HREF="#configure">Changes in the software configuration</A> +<LI><A HREF="#libtiff">Changes in libtiff</A> +<LI><A HREF="#man">Changes in the manual pages</A> +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=right> + +<A NAME="configure"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:</B></A> + +<UL> +<LI><B>configure</B> now captures significantly more information + in the <B>config.log</B> file and provides more information when + it is unable to setup a configuration +<LI>support was added for building shared libraries on more systems: + AIX, HPUX, Solaris, and Linux. +<LI>a new configuration parameter <TT>LIBCOPTS</TT> was added for + passing arguments to the C compiler to use when building only + the library; this is part of the enhanced support for building + shared libraries +<LI>include files for optional packages that reside in <B>/usr/include</B> + are now handled correctly +<LI>build trees may now be configured using either relative or absolute + pathnames to the source distribution +<LI>several new configuration parameters were added, mainly for building + shared libraries: <TT>DIST_MAJOR</TT>, <TT>DIST_MINOR</TT>, + <TT>DIST_ALPHA</TT>, and <TT>DSOSUF_VERSION</TT> +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=right> + +<A NAME="libtiff"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN LIBTIFF:</B></A> + +<UL> +<LI>the Deflate support has been revised: it requires version 0.99 of + the zlib software distribution, <B>the output format has changed and + is incompatible with previous versions of this library</B> (each + strip now includes a header read and written by the zlib library) +<LI>the codec name printed by the TIFFPrintDirectory routine is now + taken from the codec table instead of from a builtin table; this means + that application-defined codecs are handled correctly +<LI>a new symbol was added that contains the library version number; + this can be used to do a compile-time compatibility check of the + library version +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=right> + +<A NAME="man"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE MANUAL PAGES:</B></A> + +<UL> +<LI>the creation and installation of manual pages was redone; it now + implements the documented ``configuration scheme'' +</UL> + +<A HREF="index.html"><IMG SRC="images/back.gif"></A> TIFF home page.<BR> + +<HR> + +<ADDRESS> +<A HREF="sam.html">Sam Leffler</A> / <A HREF="mailto:sam@engr.sgi.com">sam@engr.sgi.com</A> +Last updated $Date: 1999-08-09 20:21:21 $. +</ADDRESS> + +</BODY> +</HTML> |