view release on metacpan or  search on metacpan

unzip-6.0/README  view on Meta::CPAN

   - new option "-:" to allow verbatim extraction of file names containing
     "../" parent dir path specs
   - fixed file handle leak for the DLL code
   - repaired OS2 & WinNT ACL extraction which was broken in 5.42

The 5.42 maintenance release fixes more bugs and cleans up the redistribution
conditions:

   - removal of unreduce.c and amiga/timelib.c code to get rid of the last
     distribution restrictions beyond the BSD-like Info-ZIP LICENSE
   - new generic timelib replacement (currently used by AMIGA port)
   - more reasonable mapping rules of UNIX "leading-dot" filenames to the
     DOS 8.3 name convention
   - repaired screensize detection in MORE paging code
     (was broken for DOS/OS2/WIN32 in 5.41)

The 5.41 maintenance release adds another new port and fixes some bugs.

   - new BSD-like LICENSE
   - new Novell Netware NLM port
   - supports extraction of archives with more than 64k entries
   - attribute handling of VMS port was broken in UnZip 5.4
   - decryption support integrated in the main source distribution

The 5.4 release adds new ports, again. Other important items are changes
to the listing format, new supplemental features and several bug fixes
(especially concerning time-stamp handling...):

   - new IBM OS/390 port, a UNIX derivate (POSIX with EBCDIC charset)
   - complete revision of the MacOS port
   - changed listing formats to enlarge the file size fields for more digits
   - added capability to restore directory attributes on MSDOS, OS/2, WIN32
   - enabled support of symbolic links on BeOS
   - Unix: optional Acorn filetype support, useful for volumes exported via NFS
   - several changes/additions to the DLL API
   - GUI SFX stub for Win16 (Windows 3.1) and Win32 (Windows 9x, Windows NT)
   - new free GCC compiler environments supported on WIN32
   - many time-zone handling bug fixes for WIN32, AMIGA, ...

The 5.32 release adds two new ports and a fix for at least one relatively
serious bug:

   - new FlexOS port
   - new Tandem NSK port
   - new Visual BASIC support (compatibility with the Windows DLLs)
   - new -T option (set zipfile timestamp) for virtually all ports
   - fix for timestamps beyond 2038 (e.g., 2097; crashed under DOS/Win95/NT)
   - fix for undetected "dangling" symbolic links (i.e., no pointee)
   - fix for VMS indexed-file extraction problem (stored with Zip 2.0 or 2.1)
   - further performance optimizations

The 5.31 release included nothing but small bug-fixes and typo corrections,
with the exception of some minor performance tweaks.

The 5.3 release added still more ports and more cross-platform portability
features:

   - new BeOS port
   - new SMS/QDOS port
   - new Windows CE graphical port
   - VM/CMS port fully updated and tested
   - MVS port fully updated and tested
   - updated Windows DLL port, with WiZ GUI spun off to a separate package
   - full Universal Time (UTC or GMT) support for trans-timezone consistency
   - cross-platform support for 8-bit characters (ISO Latin-1, OEM code pages)
   - support for NT security descriptors (ACLs)
   - support for overwriting OS/2 directory EAs if -o option given
   - updated Solaris/SVR4 package facility

What is (still!) not added is multi-part archive support (a.k.a. "diskette
spanning", though we really mean archive splitting and not the old diskette
spanning) and a unified and more powerful DLL interface.  These are the two
highest priorities for the 6.x releases.  Work on the former is almost
certain to have commenced by the time you read this.  This time we mean it!
You betcha. :-)

Although the DLLs are still basically a mess, the Windows DLLs (16- and 32-
bit) now have some documentation and a small example application.  Note that
they should now be compatible with C/C++, Visual BASIC and Delphi.  Weirder
languages (FoxBase, etc.) are probably Right Out.


INTERNET RESOURCES
------------------

Info-ZIP's web site is at http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/
and contains the most up-to-date information about coming releases,
links to binaries, and common problems.
(See http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/FAQ.html for the latter.)
Files may also be retrieved via ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ .
Thanks to LEO (Munich, Germany) for previously hosting our primary site.


DISTRIBUTION
------------
If you have a question regarding redistribution of Info-ZIP software, either
as is, as packaging for a commercial product, or as an integral part of a
commercial product, please read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section
of the included COPYING file.  All Info-ZIP releases are now covered by
the Info-ZIP license.  See the file LICENSE.  The most current license
should be available at http://www.info-zip.org/license.html and
ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/license.html.

Insofar as C compilers are rare on some platforms and the authors only have
direct access to a subset of the supported systems, others may wish to pro-
vide ready-to-run executables for new systems.  In general there is no prob-
lem with this; we require only that such distributions include this README
file, the WHERE file, the LICENSE file (contains copyright/redistribution
information), and the appropriate documentation files (unzip.txt and/or
unzip.1 for UnZip, etc.).  If the local system provides a way to make self-
extracting archives in which both the executables and text files can be
stored together, that's best (in particular, use UnZipSFX if at all possible,
even if it's a few kilobytes bigger than the alternatives); otherwise we
suggest a bare UnZip executable and a separate zipfile containing the re-
maining text and binary files.  If another archiving method is in common
use on the target system (for example, Zoo or LHa), that may also be used.


BUGS AND NEW PORTS:  CONTACTING INFO-ZIP
----------------------------------------
All bug reports and patches (context diffs only, please!) should be
submitted either through the new Info-ZIP Discussion Forum at
http://www.info-zip.org/board/board.pl or through the Info-ZIP SourceForge
site at http://sourceforge.net/projects/infozip/.  The forum allows file
attachments while SourceForge provides a place to post patches.  The old
Zip-Bugs@lists.wku.edu e-mail address for the Info-ZIP authors was
discontinued after heavy continuous spam, as was the QuickTopic discussion
forum.  The above methods are public, but we also can be reached directly
using the web reply page at http://www.info-zip.org/zip-bug.html.  If you
need to send us files privately, contact us first for instructions.

"Dumb questions" that aren't adequately answered in the documentation
should also be directed to Zip-Bugs rather than to a global forum such
as Usenet.  (Kindly make certain that your question *isn't* answered by
the documentation, however--a great deal of effort has gone into making
it clear and complete.)

Suggestions for new features can be discussed on the new Discussion Forum.
A new mailing list for Info-ZIP beta testers and interested parties may
be created someday, but for now any issues found in the betas should use
the forum.  We make no promises to act on all suggestions or even all
patches, but if it is something that is manifestly useful, sending the
required patches to Zip-Bugs directly (as per the instructions in the
ZipPorts file) is likely to produce a quicker response than asking us to
do it--the authors are always ridiculously short on time.  (Please do
NOT send patches or encoded zipfiles to the Info-ZIP list.  Please DO
read the ZipPorts file before sending any large patch.  It would be
difficult to over-emphasize this point...)

If you are considering a port, not only should you read the ZipPorts file,
but also please check in with Zip-Bugs BEFORE getting started, since the
code is constantly being updated behind the scenes.  (For example, VxWorks,
VMOS and Netware ports were once claimed to be under construction, although
we have yet to see any up-to-date patches.)  We will arrange to send you the
latest sources.  The alternative is the possibility that your hard work will
be tucked away in a subdirectory and mostly ignored, or completely ignored
if someone else has already done the port (and you'd be surprised how often
this has happened).


BETA TESTING:  JOINING INFO-ZIP
-------------------------------
If you'd like to keep up to date with our UnZip (and companion Zip utility)
development, join the ranks of beta testers, add your own thoughts and
contributions, or simply lurk, you may join one of our mailing lists.
There is an announcements-only list (Info-ZIP-announce) and a general
discussion/testing list (Info-ZIP). You must be a subscriber to post, and
you can subscribe via the links on our Frequently Asked Questions page:

        http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/FAQ.html#lists

(Please note that as of late May 2004, the lists are unavailable pending
a move to a new site; we hope to have them restored shortly.  In the
interim ...)  Feel free to use our bug-reporting web page for bug reports
and to ask questions not answered on the FAQ page above:

        http://www.info-zip.org/zip-bug.html

For now the best option is to monitor and contribute to the various threads
on the new discussion forum site at:

      http://www.info-zip.org/board/board.pl

The second best way to contribute is through the various features at
SourceForge, such as the bug posting areas.

There is also a closed mailing list for internal discussions of our core
development team. This list is now kept secret to prevent us from being
flooded with spam messages.


-- Greg Roelofs (sometimes known as Cave Newt), principal UnZip developer
   guy, with inspiration from David Kirschbaum, was Author of this text.

-- Christian Spieler (shorthand: SPC), current UnZip maintenance coordinator,
   applied the most recent changes, with Ed Gordon providing a few additions.