sys-libs / zlib-ng

Fork of the zlib data compression library

Official package sites : https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng ·

Versions

v2.3.2 :: 0 :: gentoo

Modified
License
ZLIB
Keywords
amd64 arm arm64 ppc ppc64 x86 ~alpha ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc
USE flags
compat static-libs test

v2.2.5-r1 :: 0 :: gentoo

Modified
License
ZLIB
Keywords
amd64 arm arm64 ppc ppc64 x86 ~alpha ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc
USE flags
compat static-libs test

v2.2.5 :: 0 :: gentoo

Modified
License
ZLIB
Keywords
amd64 arm arm64 ppc ppc64 x86 ~alpha ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc
USE flags
compat test

USE flags

General

compat
Enable compatibility to sys-libs/zlib
static-libs
Build static versions of dynamic libraries as well
test
Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)

abi_mips

n32
64-bit (32-bit pointer) libraries
n64
64-bit libraries
o32
32-bit libraries

abi_s390

32
32-bit (s390) libraries
64
64-bit (s390x) libraries

abi_x86

32
32-bit (x86) libraries
64
64-bit (amd64) libraries
x32
x32 ABI libraries

cpu_flags_arm

crc32
Use the CRC32 instruction set
neon
Use the NEON instruction set

cpu_flags_ppc

altivec
Use the AltiVec/VMX instruction set
vsx2
Use the Vector Scalar Extension v.2 instruction set (POWER8 and later)
vsx3
Use the Vector Scalar Extension v.3 instruction set (POWER9 and later)

cpu_flags_x86

avx2
Adds support for Advanced Vector Extensions 2 instructions
avx512_vnni
Use vector neural network instructions for 8- and 16-bit multiply-add operations
avx512f
Adds support for AVX-512 Foundation instructions
pclmul
Use Carry-less Multiplication instructions ([pclmulqdq] in cpuinfo)
sse2
Use the SSE2 instruction set
sse4_1
Enable SSE4.1 instruction support
sse4_2
Enable SSE4.2 instruction support
ssse3
Use the SSSE3 instruction set (NOT sse3/pni)
vpclmulqdq
Use Vector Carry-Less Multiplication of Quadwords instruction set

Dependencies

dev-cpp / gtest : Google C++ Testing Framework

Runtime Dependencies

sys-libs / zlib : Standard (de)compression library

Depending packages

dev-python / zlib-ng : Drop-in replacement for zlib and gzip modules using zlib-ng

games-emulation / dolphin : Gamecube and Wii game emulator

games-emulation / dosbox-staging : Modernized DOSBox soft-fork

sys-block / nbdkit : NBD server with stable plugin ABI and permissive license

sys-libs / minizip-ng : Fork of the popular zip manipulation library found in the zlib distribution

sys-libs / zlib : Standard (de)compression library

virtual / zlib : Virtual for libz.so providers

Bugs

895466
sys-libs/minizip-ng-3.0.8 - tries to find_dependency(ZLIBNG) but sys-libs/zlib-ng doesn't install cmake files
908677
sys-libs/zlib-ng-2.1.2-r1 adds -Werror flag on its own (MUSL-SYSTEM)
965557
sys-libs/zlib-ng-2.2.5-r1 with ABI_X86=32 fails to compile tests
965559
media-libs/libpng-1.6.50-r1 fails pngtest-all test if virtual/zlib is sys-libs/zlib-ng
965689
llvm-core/lld-20.1.8 fails "ELF/compressed-debug-level.test" if virtual/zlib is sys-libs/zlib-ng
965692
sys-devel/binutils-2.45-r1 fails tests if virtual/zlib is sys-libs/zlib-ng
965700
dev-lang/ruby-3.3.8 fails tests if virtual/zlib is sys-libs/zlib-ng
965736
dev-db/mariadb-11.4.7-r1 fails tests if virtual/zlib is sys-libs/zlib-ng[compat]

Change logs

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sys-libs/zlib-ng: Stabilize 2.3.2 ppc64, #968325
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Eli Schwartz · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Stabilize 2.3.2 x86, #968325
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: Stabilize 2.3.2 ppc, #968325
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Arthur Zamarin · gentoo
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: Stabilize 2.3.2 arm64, #968325
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: Stabilize 2.2.5-r1 ppc, #967357
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: Stabilize 2.2.5-r1 ppc64, #967357
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Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Stabilize 2.2.5-r1 x86, #967357
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: add 2.3.2, drop 2.3.1
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: add 2.3.1
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Michał Górny · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Add USE=static-libs
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Michał Górny · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Make USE=compat build libzlib-ng as well
Build both libzlib-ng and libzlib when USE=compat is enabled. This permits users to use zlib-ng as zlib provider without breaking packages that actually need zlib-ng. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/965202 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> Part-of: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/44364 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
Michał Górny · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Remove old
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: Stabilize 2.2.5 amd64, #962493
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: Stabilize 2.2.5 x86, #962493
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*/*: destable sparc
Result of running the command: grep --include="*.ebuild" -r . -e 'KEYWORDS=.*[" ]sparc' -l | xargs ekeyword ~sparc Signed-off-by: Arthur Zamarin <arthurzam@gentoo.org>
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: Stabilize 2.2.4 sparc, #959993
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: Stabilize 2.2.4 x86, #954196
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Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Stabilize 2.2.4 ppc64, #954196
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: Stabilize 2.2.3 ppc64, #953328
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Jakov Smolić · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Stabilize 2.2.3 amd64, #950150
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: add 2.2.4
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WANG Xuerui · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: keyword 2.2.3 for ~loong
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: drop 2.1.6-r1
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Sv. Lockal · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: support avx512_vnni and vpclmulqdq USE flags
This gives 2.5x speedup for adler32, 4x speedup for crc32 over previous best flags. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/908556 Signed-off-by: Sv. Lockal <lockalsash@gmail.com> Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/35327 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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Matoro Mahri · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Keyword 2.1.6 sparc, #917288
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Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: add 2.1.6
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Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: drop 2.1.3, 2.1.4
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: add 2.1.5
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: add 2.1.4
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: drop 2.0.7, 2.1.2-r1
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: add 2.1.3
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Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: disable gtest entirely when not running tests
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Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: add multilib
If this is ever going to be a thing with compat, we obviously need this. We could conditionalise stuff on USE=compat but I don't really see the value in that; still possible we could want this for newly built 32-bit stuff anyway. Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: tweak comment
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Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: add 2.1.2
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sys-libs/zlib-ng: drop 2.0.6
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Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: add 2.0.7
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Yixun Lan · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Keyword 2.0.6 riscv, #895718
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Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: mention 'develop' branch upstream
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Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: update EAPI 7 -> 8
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Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: drop 2.0.5
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Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: add 2.0.6
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Lars Wendler · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Bump to version 2.0.5. Removed old
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Lars Wendler · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Bump to version 2.0.4. Removed old
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Lars Wendler · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Bump to version 2.0.3. Removed old
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Lars Wendler · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Bump to version 2.0.2. Removed old
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Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: add blocker on sys-libs/zlib when using compat mode
Warn users if USE=compat is enabled and also include a link to upstream's interpretation of what USE=compat provides. Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org>
Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: add preliminary intrinics
Adds support various intrinsics for amd64, arm{,64}, ppc{,64}, x86. Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org>
Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: revbump for forthcoming changes, cosmetic bits
We're about to make several fixes including a blocker. Revbumping ensures that everybody has these fixes but also makes subsequent commits have easier-to-review diffs. Also: * Adjust ebuild layout * Update DESCRIPTION to indicate fork * Add bug reference to libdir workaround * Adjust metadata indentation Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org>
Sam James · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: disable unaligned access
We've discussed this in the past for sys-libs/zlib and we've avoided enabling it there for now, although e.g. Debian did at the last time I checked. It's undefined behaviour and risky, even where it does (appear to) work on e.g. amd64. See: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/17167 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org>
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Lars Wendler · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Bump to version 2.0.1. Removed old
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Lars Wendler · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Added missing test restriction (QA fix)
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Lars Wendler · gentoo
sys-libs/zlib-ng: Initial commit
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