version 0.2
added reader into png.h
fixed small problems in stub file
+
version 0.3
added pull reader
split up pngwrite.c to several files
added pnglib.txt
added example.c
- cleaned up writer, adding a few new tranformations
+ cleaned up writer, adding a few new transformations
fixed some bugs in writer
interfaced with zlib 0.5
added K&R support
added check for 64 KB blocks for 16 bit machines
+
version 0.4
cleaned up code and commented code
simplified time handling into png_time
created png_color_16 and png_color_8 to handle color needs
cleaned up color type defines
fixed various bugs
- made various names more consistant
+ made various names more consistent
interfaced with zlib 0.71
cleaned up zTXt reader and writer (using zlib's Reset functions)
split transformations into pngrtran.c and pngwtran.c
+
version 0.5
interfaced with zlib 0.8
fixed many reading and writing bugs
saved using 3 spaces instead of tabs
+
version 0.6
added png_large_malloc() and png_large_free()
added png_size_t
cleaned up some compiler warnings
added png_start_read_image()
+
version 0.7
cleaned up lots of bugs
finished dithering and other stuff
added test program
changed name from pnglib to libpng
+
version 0.71 [June, 1995]
changed pngtest.png for zlib 0.93
fixed error in libpng.txt and example.c
+
version 0.8
cleaned up some bugs
added png_set_filler()
enabled png_set_shift to work with paletted images on read
added png_read_update_info() - updates info structure with
transformations
+
version 0.81 [August, 1995]
incorporated Tim Wegner's medium model code (thanks, Tim)
+
version 0.82 [September, 1995]
[unspecified changes]
+
version 0.85 [December, 1995]
added more medium model code (almost everything's a far)
added i/o, error, and memory callback functions
fixed some bugs (16 bit, 4 bit interlaced, etc.)
added first run progressive reader (barely tested)
+
version 0.86 [January, 1996]
fixed bugs
improved documentation
+
version 0.87 [January, 1996]
fixed medium model bugs
fixed other bugs introduced in 0.85 and 0.86
added some minor documentation
+
version 0.88 [January, 1996]
fixed progressive bugs
replaced tabs with spaces
cleaned up documentation
added callbacks for read/write and warning/error functions
+
version 0.89 [July, 1996]
added new initialization API to make libpng work better with shared libs
we now have png_create_read_struct(), png_create_write_struct(),
into a binary when only reading or writing functionality is used
new pngtest image also has interlacing and zTXt
updated documentation to reflect new API
+
version 0.90 [January, 1997]
made CRC errors/warnings on critical and ancillary chunks configurable
libpng will use the zlib CRC routines by (compile-time) default
be able to handle all chunks via a callback mechanism
try to fix Linux "setjmp" buffer size problems
removed png_large_malloc, png_large_free, and png_realloc functions.
+
version 0.95 [March, 1997]
fixed bug in pngwutil.c allocating "up_row" twice and "avg_row" never
fixed bug in PNG file signature compares when start != 0
added "packswap" transformation, which changes the endianness of
packed-pixel bytes (Kevin Bracey)
added "strip_alpha" transformation, which removes the alpha channel of
- input images without using it (not neccesarily a good idea)
+ input images without using it (not necessarily a good idea)
added "swap_alpha" transformation, which puts the alpha channel in front
of the color bytes instead of after
removed all implicit variable tests which assume NULL == 0 (I think)
more chunk types tested in pngtest.c
renamed pngrcb.c to pngset.c, and all png_read_<chunk> functions to be
png_set_<chunk>. We now have corresponding png_get_<chunk>
- functions in pngget.c to get infomation in info_ptr. This isolates
+ functions in pngget.c to get information in info_ptr. This isolates
the application from the internal organization of png_info_struct
(good for shared library implementations).
+
version 0.96 [May, 1997]
fixed serious bug with < 8bpp images introduced in 0.95
fixed 256-color transparency bug (Greg Roelofs)
added read of CRC after IEND chunk for embedded PNGs (Laszlo Nyul)
added typecasts to quiet compiler errors
added more debugging info
+
version 0.97 [January, 1998]
removed PNG_USE_OWN_CRC capability
relocated png_set_crc_action from pngrutil.c to pngrtran.c
added "-m" option and PNGTEST_DEBUG_MEMORY to pngtest (John Bowler)
regularized version numbering scheme and bumped shared-library major
version number to 2 to avoid problems with libpng 0.89 apps (Greg Roelofs)
+
version 0.98 [January, 1998]
cleaned up some typos in libpng.txt and in code documentation
fixed memory leaks in pCAL chunk processing (Glenn R-P and John Bowler)
PNG_TIME_RFC1152_SUPPORTED macro to PNG_TIME_RFC1123_SUPPORTED
added png_invert_alpha capability (Glenn R-P -- suggestion by Jon Vincent)
changed srgb_intent from png_byte to int to avoid compiler bugs
+
version 0.99 [January 30, 1998]
free info_ptr->text instead of end_info_ptr->text in pngread.c (John Bowler)
fixed a longstanding "packswap" bug in pngtrans.c
Changed PNG_READ_NOT_FULLY_SUPPORTED to PNG_READ_TRANSFORMS_NOT_SUPPORTED
and added PNG_PROGRESSIVE_READ_NOT_SUPPORTED macro
Added user transform capability
+
version 1.00 [March 7, 1998]
Changed several typedefs in pngrutil.c
Added makefile.wat (Pawel Mrochen), updated makefile.tc3 (Willem van Schaik)
changed some typedefs (s_start, etc.) in pngrutil.c
fixed dimensions of "short_months" array in pngwrite.c
Replaced ansi2knr.c with the one from jpeg-v6
+
version 1.0.0 [March 8, 1998]
Changed name from 1.00 to 1.0.0 (Adam Costello)
Added smakefile.ppc (with SCOPTIONS.ppc) for Amiga PPC (Andreas Kleinert)
Quieted compiler complaints about two empty "for" loops in pngrutil.c
Minor changes to makefile.s2x
Removed #ifdef/#endif around a png_free() in pngread.c
+
version 1.0.1 [March 14, 1998]
Changed makefile.s2x to reduce security risk of using a relative pathname
Fixed some typos in the documentation (Greg).
and revised pngtest.c to demonstrate their use, replacing the
PNGTEST_DEBUG_MEM feature.
Added makefile.w32, for Microsoft C++ 4.0 and later (Tim Wegner).
+
version 1.0.2 [June 14, 1998]
Fixed two bugs in makefile.bor .
version 1.0.2a [December 30, 1998]
Changed "check_if_png" function in example.c to return true (nonzero) if PNG.
Changed libpng.txt to demonstrate png_sig_cmp() instead of png_check_sig()
which is obsolete.
+
version 1.0.3 [January 14, 1999]
Added makefile.hux, for Hewlett Packard HPUX 10.20 and 11.00 (Jim Rice)
Added a statement of Y2K compliance in png.h, libpng.3, and Y2KINFO.
Fixed type casting of igamma in pngrutil.c
Added new png_expand functions to scripts/pngdef.pas and pngos2.def
Added a demo read_user_transform_fn that examines the row filters in pngtest.c
+
version 1.0.4 [September 24, 1999]
Define PNG_ALWAYS_EXTERN in pngconf.h if __STDC__ is defined
Delete #define PNG_INTERNAL and include "png.h" from pngasmrd.h
Added type casting mostly in pngrtran.c and pngwtran.c
Removed some pointless "ptr = NULL" in pngmem.c
Added a "contrib" directory containing the source code from Greg's book.
+
version 1.0.5 [October 15, 1999]
Minor editing of the INSTALL and README files.
version 1.0.5a [October 23, 1999]
Updated scripts/makevms.com and added makevms.com to contrib/gregbook
and contrib/pngminus (Martin Zinser)
version 1.0.5c [November 26, 1999]
- Moved png_get_header_version from png.h to png.c, to accomodate ansi2knr.
+ Moved png_get_header_version from png.h to png.c, to accommodate ansi2knr.
Removed all global arrays (according to PNG_NO_GLOBAL_ARRAYS macro), to
- accomodate making DLL's: Moved usr_png_ver from global variable to function
+ accommodate making DLL's: Moved usr_png_ver from global variable to function
png_get_header_ver() in png.c. Moved png_sig to png_sig_bytes in png.c and
eliminated use of png_sig in pngwutil.c. Moved the various png_CHNK arrays
into pngtypes.h. Eliminated use of global png_pass arrays. Declared the
Updated documentation of png_rgb_to_gray calculations in libpng.3/libpng.txt.
Renamed makefile.borland,turboc3 back to makefile.bor,tc3 as in version 1.0.3,
revised borland makefiles; added makefile.ibmvac3 and makefile.gcc (Cosmin)
+
version 1.0.6 [March 20, 2000]
Minor revisions of makefile.bor, libpng.txt, and gregbook/rpng2-win.c
Added makefile.sggcc (SGI IRIX with gcc)
version 1.0.7rc2 [June 28, 2000]
Updated license to include disclaimers required by UCITA.
Fixed "DJBPP" typo in pnggccrd.c introduced in beta18.
+
version 1.0.7 [July 1, 2000]
Revised the definition of "trans_values" in libpng.3/libpng.txt
version 1.0.8beta1 [July 8, 2000]
Added PNG_NO_ZALLOC_ZERO macro (makes png_zalloc skip zeroing memory)
version 1.0.8rc1 [July 16, 2000]
Revised png_debug() macros and statements to eliminate compiler warnings.
+
version 1.0.8 [July 24, 2000]
Added png_flush() in pngwrite.c, after png_write_IEND().
Updated makefile.hpux to build a shared library.
be re-enabled in version 1.2.0.
version 1.0.9rc2 [January 22, 2001]
Revised cygwin support.
+
version 1.0.9 [January 31, 2001]
Added check of cygwin's ALL_STATIC in pngconf.h
Added "-nommx" parameter to contrib/gregbook/rpng2-win and rpng2-x demos.
and png_strlen.
Revised png_mmx_supported() function in pnggccrd.c to return proper value.
Fixed bug in progressive reading (pngpread.c) with small images (height < 8).
+
version 1.0.10 [March 30, 2001]
Deleted extraneous space (introduced in 1.0.9) from line 42 of makefile.cygwin
Added beos project files (Chris Herborth)
from user's malloc_fn().
Removed some useless type casts of the NULL pointer.
Added makefile.netbsd
+
version 1.0.11 [April 27, 2001]
Revised makefile.netbsd
version 1.0.12beta1 [May 14, 2001]
Revised makefile.sgi and makefile.sggcc
Replaced calls to fprintf(stderr,...) with png_warning() in pnggccrd.c
Removed restriction that do_invert_mono only operate on 1-bit opaque files
+
version 1.2.0 [September 1, 2001]
Changed a png_warning() to png_debug() in pnggccrd.c
Fixed contrib/gregbook/rpng-x.c, rpng2-x.c to avoid crash with XFreeGC().
Always allocate 256-entry internal palette, hist, and trans arrays, to
avoid out-of-bounds memory reference caused by invalid PNG datastreams.
Added a check for prefix_length > data_length in iCCP chunk handler.
+
version 1.2.1 [December 7, 2001]
None.
version 1.2.2beta1 [February 22, 2002]
Save the ebx register in pnggccrd.c (Sami Farin)
Add "mem_ptr = png_ptr->mem_ptr" in png_destroy_write_struct() (Paul Gardner).
Updated makefiles to put headers in include/libpng and remove old include/*.h.
+
version 1.2.2 [April 15, 2002]
version 1.0.13 [April 15, 2002]
Revised description of png_set_filter() in libpng.3/libpng.txt.
Changed "Gz" to "Gd" in projects/msvc/libpng.dsp and zlib.dsp.
Removed leftover libpng-config "sed" script from four makefiles.
Revised libpng-config creating script in 16 makefiles.
+
version 1.2.3 [May 22, 2002]
Revised libpng-config target in makefile.cygwin.
Removed description of png_set_mem_fn() from documentation.
version 1.2.4rc1 and 1.0.14rc1 [July 2, 2002]
Added "test-installed" target to makefile.cygwin and makefile.sco.
Revised pnggccrd.c to be able to back out version 1.0.x via PNG_1_0_X macro.
+
version 1.2.4 and 1.0.14 [July 8, 2002]
Changed png_warning() to png_error() when width is too large to process.
version 1.2.4patch01 [July 20, 2002]
version 1.2.5rc3 and 1.0.15rc3 [September 18, 2002]
Revised libpng-config script.
-Send comments/corrections/commendations to
-png-implement@ccrc.wustl.edu or to randeg@alum.rpi.edu
+version 1.2.5 and 1.0.15 [October 3, 2002]
+ Revised makefile.macosx, makefile.darwin, makefile.hpgcc, and makefile.hpux,
+ and makefile.aix.
+ Relocated two misplaced PNGAPI lines in pngtest.c
+version 1.2.6beta1 [October 22, 2002]
+ Commented out warning about uninitialized mmx_support in pnggccrd.c.
+ Changed "IBMCPP__" flag to "__IBMCPP__" in pngconf.h.
+ Relocated two more misplaced PNGAPI lines in pngtest.c
+ Fixed memory overrun bug in png_do_read_filler() with 16-bit datastreams,
+ introduced in version 1.0.2.
+ Revised makefile.macosx, makefile.dec, makefile.aix, and makefile.32sunu.
+version 1.2.6beta2 [November 1, 2002]
+ Added libpng-config "--ldopts" output.
+ Added "AR=ar" and "ARFLAGS=rc" and changed "ar rc" to "$(AR) $(ARFLAGS)"
+ in makefiles.
+version 1.2.6beta3 [July 18, 2004]
+ Reverted makefile changes from version 1.2.6beta2 and some of the changes
+ from version 1.2.6beta1; these will be postponed until version 1.2.7.
+ Version 1.2.6 is going to be a simple bugfix release.
+ Changed the one instance of "ln -sf" to "ln -f -s" in each Sun makefile.
+ Fixed potential overrun in pngerror.c by using strncpy instead of memcpy.
+ Added "#!/bin/sh" at the top of configure, for recognition of the
+ 'x' flag under Cygwin (Cosmin).
+ Optimized vacuous tests that silence compiler warnings, in png.c (Cosmin).
+ Added support for PNG_USER_CONFIG, in pngconf.h (Cosmin).
+ Fixed the special memory handler for Borland C under DOS, in pngmem.c
+ (Cosmin).
+ Removed some spurious assignments in pngrutil.c (Cosmin).
+ Replaced 65536 with 65536L, and 0xffff with 0xffffL, to silence warnings
+ on 16-bit platforms (Cosmin).
+ Enclosed shift op expressions in parentheses, to silence warnings (Cosmin).
+ Used proper type png_fixed_point, to avoid problems on 16-bit platforms,
+ in png_handle_sRGB() (Cosmin).
+ Added compression_type to png_struct, and optimized the window size
+ inside the deflate stream (Cosmin).
+ Fixed definition of isnonalpha(), in pngerror.c and pngrutil.c (Cosmin).
+ Fixed handling of unknown chunks that come after IDAT (Cosmin).
+ Allowed png_error() and png_warning() to work even if png_ptr == NULL
+ (Cosmin).
+ Replaced row_info->rowbytes with row_bytes in png_write_find_filter()
+ (Cosmin).
+ Fixed definition of PNG_LIBPNG_VER_DLLNUM (Simon-Pierre).
+ Used PNG_LIBPNG_VER and PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING instead of the hardcoded
+ values in png.c (Simon-Pierre, Cosmin).
+ Initialized png_libpng_ver[] with PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING (Simon-Pierre).
+ Replaced PNG_LIBPNG_VER_MAJOR with PNG_LIBPNG_VER_DLLNUM in png.rc
+ (Simon-Pierre).
+ Moved the definition of PNG_HEADER_VERSION_STRING near the definitions
+ of the other PNG_LIBPNG_VER_... symbols in png.h (Cosmin).
+ Relocated #ifndef PNGAPI guards in pngconf.h (Simon-Pierre, Cosmin).
+ Updated scripts/makefile.vc(a)win32 (Cosmin).
+ Updated the MSVC project (Simon-Pierre, Cosmin).
+ Updated the Borland C++ Builder project (Cosmin).
+ Avoided access to asm_flags in pngvcrd.c, if PNG_1_0_X is defined (Cosmin).
+ Commented out warning about uninitialized mmx_support in pngvcrd.c (Cosmin).
+ Removed scripts/makefile.bd32 and scripts/pngdef.pas (Cosmin).
+ Added extra guard around inclusion of Turbo C memory headers, in pngconf.h
+ (Cosmin).
+ Renamed projects/msvc/ to projects/visualc6/, and projects/borland/ to
+ projects/cbuilder5/ (Cosmin).
+ Moved projects/visualc6/png32ms.def to scripts/pngw32.def,
+ and projects/visualc6/png.rc to scripts/pngw32.rc (Cosmin).
+ Added projects/visualc6/pngtest.dsp; removed contrib/msvctest/ (Cosmin).
+ Changed line endings to DOS style in cbuilder5 and visualc6 files, even
+ in the tar.* distributions (Cosmin).
+ Updated contrib/visupng/VisualPng.dsp (Cosmin).
+ Updated contrib/visupng/cexcept.h to version 2.0.0 (Cosmin).
+ Added a separate distribution with "configure" and supporting files (Junichi).
+version 1.2.6beta4 [July 28, 2004]
+ Added user ability to change png_size_t via a PNG_SIZE_T macro.
+ Added png_sizeof() and png_convert_size() functions.
+ Added PNG_SIZE_MAX (maximum value of a png_size_t variable.
+ Added check in png_malloc_default() for (size_t)size != (png_uint_32)size
+ which would indicate an overflow.
+ Changed sPLT failure action from png_error to png_warning and abandon chunk.
+ Changed sCAL and iCCP failures from png_error to png_warning and abandon.
+ Added png_get_uint_31(png_ptr, buf) function.
+ Added PNG_UINT_32_MAX macro.
+ Renamed PNG_MAX_UINT to PNG_UINT_31_MAX.
+ Made png_zalloc() issue a png_warning and return NULL on potential
+ overflow.
+ Turn on PNG_NO_ZALLOC_ZERO by default in version 1.2.x
+ Revised "clobber list" in pnggccrd.c so it will compile under gcc-3.4.
+ Revised Borland portion of png_malloc() to return NULL or issue
+ png_error() according to setting of PNG_FLAG_MALLOC_NULL_MEM_OK.
+ Added PNG_NO_SEQUENTIAL_READ_SUPPORTED macro to conditionally remove
+ sequential read support.
+ Added some "#if PNG_WRITE_SUPPORTED" blocks.
+ #ifdef'ed out some redundancy in png_malloc_default().
+ Use png_malloc instead of png_zalloc to allocate the pallete.
+version 1.0.16rc1 and 1.2.6rc1 [August 4, 2004]
+ Fixed buffer overflow vulnerability in png_handle_tRNS()
+ Fixed integer arithmetic overflow vulnerability in png_read_png().
+ Fixed some harmless bugs in png_handle_sBIT, etc, that would cause
+ duplicate chunk types to go undetected.
+ Fixed some timestamps in the -config version
+ Rearranged order of processing of color types in png_handle_tRNS().
+ Added ROWBYTES macro to calculate rowbytes without integer overflow.
+ Updated makefile.darwin and removed makefile.macosx from scripts directory.
+ Imposed default one million column, one-million row limits on the image
+ dimensions, and added png_set_user_limits() function to override them.
+ Revised use of PNG_SET_USER_LIMITS_SUPPORTED macro.
+ Fixed wrong cast of returns from png_get_user_width|height_max().
+ Changed some "keep the compiler happy" from empty statements to returns,
+ Revised libpng.txt to remove 1.2.x stuff from the 1.0.x distribution
+version 1.0.16rc2 and 1.2.6rc2 [August 7, 2004]
+ Revised makefile.darwin and makefile.solaris. Removed makefile.macosx.
+ Revised pngtest's png_debug_malloc() to use png_malloc() instead of
+ png_malloc_default() which is not supposed to be exported.
+ Fixed off-by-one error in one of the conversions to PNG_ROWBYTES() in
+ pngpread.c. Bug was introduced in 1.2.6rc1.
+ Fixed bug in RGB to RGBX transformation introduced in 1.2.6rc1.
+ Fixed old bug in RGB to Gray transformation.
+ Fixed problem with 64-bit compilers by casting arguments to abs()
+ to png_int_32.
+ Changed "ln -sf" to "ln -f -s" in three makefiles (solaris, sco, so9).
+ Changed "HANDLE_CHUNK_*" to "PNG_HANDLE_CHUNK_*" (Cosmin)
+ Added "-@/bin/rm -f $(DL)/$(LIBNAME).so.$(PNGMAJ)" to 15 *NIX makefiles.
+ Added code to update the row_info->colortype in png_do_read_filler() (MSB).
+version 1.0.16rc3 and 1.2.6rc3 [August 9, 2004]
+ Eliminated use of "abs()" in testing cHRM and gAMA values, to avoid
+ trouble with some 64-bit compilers. Created PNG_OUT_OF_RANGE() macro.
+ Revised documentation of png_set_keep_unknown_chunks().
+ Check handle_as_unknown status in pngpread.c, as in pngread.c previously.
+ Moved "PNG_HANDLE_CHUNK_*" macros out of PNG_INTERNAL section of png.h
+ Added "rim" definitions for CONST4 and CONST6 in pnggccrd.c
+version 1.0.16rc4 and 1.2.6rc4 [August 10, 2004]
+ Fixed mistake in pngtest.c introduced in 1.2.6rc2 (declaration of
+ "pinfo" was out of place).
+version 1.0.16rc5 and 1.2.6rc5 [August 10, 2004]
+ Moved "PNG_HANDLE_CHUNK_*" macros out of PNG_ASSEMBLER_CODE_SUPPORTED
+ section of png.h where they were inadvertently placed in version rc3.
+
+version 1.2.6 and 1.0.16 [August 15, 2004]
+ Revised pngtest so memory allocation testing is only done when PNG_DEBUG==1.
+version 1.2.7beta1 [August 26, 2004]
+ Removed unused pngasmrd.h file.
+ Removed references to uu.net for archived files. Added references to
+ PNG Spec (second edition) and the PNG ISO/IEC Standard.
+ Added "test-dd" target in 15 makefiles, to run pngtest in DESTDIR.
+ Fixed bug with "optimized window size" in the IDAT datastream, that
+ causes libpng to write PNG files with incorrect zlib header bytes.
+version 1.2.7beta2 [August 28, 2004]
+ Fixed bug with sCAL chunk and big-endian machines (David Munro).
+ Undid new code added in 1.2.6rc2 to update the color_type in
+ png_set_filler().
+ Added png_set_add_alpha() that updates color type.
+version 1.0.17rc1 and 1.2.7rc1 [September 4, 2004]
+ Revised png_set_strip_filler() to not remove alpha if color_type has alpha.
+
+version 1.2.7 and 1.0.17 [September 12, 2004]
+ Added makefile.hp64
+ Changed projects/msvc/png32ms.def to scripts/png32ms.def in makefile.cygwin
+version 1.2.8beta1 [November 1, 2004]
+ Fixed bug in png_text_compress() that would fail to complete a large block.
+ Fixed bug, introduced in libpng-1.2.7, that overruns a buffer during
+ strip alpha operation in png_do_strip_filler().
+ Added PNG_1_2_X definition in pngconf.h
+ #ifdef out png_info_init in png.c and png_read_init in pngread.c (as of 1.3.0)
+version 1.2.8beta2 [November 2, 2004]
+ Reduce color_type to a nonalpha type after strip alpha operation in
+ png_do_strip_filler().
+version 1.2.8beta3 [November 3, 2004]
+ Revised definitions of PNG_MAX_UINT_32, PNG_MAX_SIZE, and PNG_MAXSUM
+version 1.2.8beta4 [November 12, 2004]
+ Fixed (again) definition of PNG_LIBPNG_VER_DLLNUM in png.h (Cosmin).
+ Added PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_PRIVATE in png.h (Cosmin).
+ Set png_ptr->zstream.data_type to Z_BINARY, to avoid unnecessary detection
+ of data type in deflate (Cosmin).
+ Deprecated but continue to support SPECIALBUILD and PRIVATEBUILD in favor of
+ PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_SPECIAL_STRING and PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_PRIVATE_STRING.
+version 1.2.8beta5 [November 20, 2004]
+ Use png_ptr->flags instead of png_ptr->transformations to pass
+ PNG_STRIP_ALPHA info to png_do_strip_filler(), to preserve ABI
+ compatibility.
+ Revised handling of SPECIALBUILD, PRIVATEBUILD,
+ PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_SPECIAL_STRING and PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_PRIVATE_STRING.
+version 1.2.8rc1 [November 24, 2004]
+ Moved handling of BUILD macros from pngconf.h to png.h
+ Added definition of PNG_LIBPNG_BASE_TYPE in png.h, inadvertently
+ omitted from beta5.
+ Revised scripts/pngw32.rc
+ Despammed mailing addresses by masking "@" with "at".
+ Inadvertently installed a supposedly faster test version of pngrutil.c
+version 1.2.8rc2 [November 26, 2004]
+ Added two missing "\" in png.h
+ Change tests in pngread.c and pngpread.c to
+ if (png_ptr->transformations || (png_ptr->flags&PNG_FLAG_STRIP_ALPHA))
+ png_do_read_transformations(png_ptr);
+version 1.2.8rc3 [November 28, 2004]
+ Reverted pngrutil.c to version libpng-1.2.8beta5.
+ Added scripts/makefile.elf with supporting code in pngconf.h for symbol
+ versioning (John Bowler).
+version 1.2.8rc4 [November 29, 2004]
+ Added projects/visualc7 (Simon-pierre).
+version 1.2.8rc5 [November 29, 2004]
+ Fixed new typo in scripts/pngw32.rc
+
+version 1.2.8 [December 3, 2004]
+ Removed projects/visualc7, added projects/visualc71.
+
+version 1.2.9beta1 [February 21, 2006]
+
+ Initialized some structure members in pngwutil.c to avoid gcc-4.0.0 complaints
+ Revised man page and libpng.txt to make it clear that one should not call
+ png_read_end or png_write_end after png_read_png or png_write_png.
+ Updated references to png-mng-implement mailing list.
+ Fixed an incorrect typecast in pngrutil.c
+ Added PNG_NO_READ_SUPPORTED conditional for making a write-only library.
+ Added PNG_NO_WRITE_INTERLACING_SUPPORTED conditional.
+ Optimized alpha-inversion loops in pngwtran.c
+ Moved test for nonzero gamma outside of png_build_gamma_table() in pngrtran.c
+ Make sure num_trans is <= 256 before copying data in png_set_tRNS().
+ Make sure num_palette is <= 256 before copying data in png_set_PLTE().
+ Interchanged order of write_swap_alpha and write_invert_alpha transforms.
+ Added parentheses in the definition of PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_TYPE (Cosmin).
+ Optimized zlib window flag (CINFO) in contrib/pngsuite/*.png (Cosmin).
+ Updated scripts/makefile.bc32 for Borland C++ 5.6 (Cosmin).
+ Exported png_get_uint_32, png_save_uint_32, png_get_uint_16, png_save_uint_16,
+ png_get_int_32, png_save_int_32, png_get_uint_31 (Cosmin).
+ Added type cast (png_byte) in png_write_sCAL() (Cosmin).
+ Fixed scripts/makefile.cygwin (Christian Biesinger, Cosmin).
+ Default iTXt support was inadvertently enabled.
+
+version 1.2.9beta2 [February 21, 2006]
+
+ Check for png_rgb_to_gray and png_gray_to_rgb read transformations before
+ checking for png_read_dither in pngrtran.c
+ Revised checking of chromaticity limits to accommodate extended RGB
+ colorspace (John Denker).
+ Changed line endings in some of the project files to CRLF, even in the
+ "Unix" tar distributions (Cosmin).
+ Made png_get_int_32 and png_save_int_32 always available (Cosmin).
+ Updated scripts/pngos2.def, scripts/pngw32.def and projects/wince/png32ce.def
+ with the newly exported functions.
+ Eliminated distributions without the "configure" script.
+ Updated INSTALL instructions.
+
+version 1.2.9beta3 [February 24, 2006]
+
+ Fixed CRCRLF line endings in contrib/visupng/VisualPng.dsp
+ Made libpng.pc respect EXEC_PREFIX (D. P. Kreil, J. Bowler)
+ Removed reference to pngasmrd.h from Makefile.am
+ Renamed CHANGES to ChangeLog.
+ Renamed LICENSE to COPYING.
+ Renamed ANNOUNCE to NEWS.
+ Created AUTHORS file.
+
+version 1.2.9beta4 [March 3, 2006]
+
+ Changed definition of PKGCONFIG from $prefix/lib to $libdir in configure.ac
+ Reverted to filenames LICENSE and ANNOUNCE; removed AUTHORS and COPYING.
+ Removed newline from the end of some error and warning messages.
+ Removed test for sqrt() from configure.ac and configure.
+ Made swap tables in pngtrans.c PNG_CONST (Carlo Bramix).
+ Disabled default iTXt support that was inadvertently enabled in
+ libpng-1.2.9beta1.
+ Added "OS2" to list of systems that don't need underscores, in pnggccrd.c
+ Removed libpng version and date from *.c files.
+
+version 1.2.9beta5 [March 4, 2006]
+ Removed trailing blanks from source files.
+ Put version and date of latest change in each source file, and changed
+ copyright year accordingly.
+ More cleanup of configure.ac, Makefile.ac, and associated scripts.
+ Restored scripts/makefile.elf which was inadvertently deleted.
+
+version 1.2.9beta6 [March 6, 2006]
+ Fixed typo (RELEASE) in configuration files.
+
+version 1.2.9beta7 [March 7, 2006]
+ Removed libpng.vers and libpng.sym from libpng12_la_SOURCES in Makefile.am
+ Fixed inconsistent #ifdef's around png_sig_bytes() and png_set_sCAL_s()
+ in png.h.
+ Updated makefile.elf as suggested by debian.
+ Made cosmetic changes to some makefiles, adding LN_SF and other macros.
+ Made some makefiles accept "exec_prefix".
+
+version 1.2.9beta8 [March 9, 2006]
+ Fixed some "#if defined (..." which should be "#if defined(..."
+ Bug introduced in libpng-1.2.8.
+ Fixed inconsistency in definition of png_default_read_data()
+ Restored blank that was lost from makefile.sggcc "clean" target in beta7.
+ Revised calculation of "current" and "major" for irix in ltmain.sh
+ Changed "mkdir" to "MKDIR_P" in some makefiles.
+ Separated PNG_EXPAND and PNG_EXPAND_tRNS.
+ Added png_set_expand_gray_1_2_4_to_8() and deprecated
+ png_set_gray_1_2_4_to_8() which also expands tRNS to alpha.
+
+version 1.2.9beta9 [March 10, 2006]
+ Include "config.h" in pngconf.h when available.
+ Added some checks for NULL png_ptr or NULL info_ptr (timeless)
+
+version 1.2.9beta10 [March 20, 2006]
+ Removed extra CR from contrib/visualpng/VisualPng.dsw (Cosmin)
+ Made pnggccrd.c PIC-compliant (Christian Aichinger).
+ Added makefile.mingw (Wolfgang Glas).
+ Revised pngconf.h MMX checking.
+
+version 1.2.9beta11 [March 22, 2006]
+ Fixed out-of-order declaration in pngwrite.c that was introduced in beta9
+ Simplified some makefiles by using LIBSO, LIBSOMAJ, and LIBSOVER macros.
+
+version 1.2.9rc1 [March 31, 2006]
+ Defined PNG_USER_PRIVATEBUILD when including "pngusr.h" (Cosmin).
+ Removed nonsensical assertion check from pngtest.c (Cosmin).
+
+version 1.2.9 [April 14, 2006]
+ Revised makefile.beos and added "none" selector in ltmain.sh
+
+version 1.2.10beta1 [April 15, 2006]
+ Renamed "config.h" to "png_conf.h" and revised Makefile.am to add
+ -DPNG_BUILDING_LIBPNG to compile directive, and modified pngconf.h
+ to include png_conf.h only when PNG_BUILDING_LIBPNG is defined.
+
+version 1.2.10beta2 [April 15, 2006]
+ Manually updated Makefile.in and configure. Changed png_conf.h.in
+ back to config.h.
+
+version 1.2.10beta3 [April 15, 2006]
+ Change png_conf.h back to config.h in pngconf.h.
+
+version 1.2.10beta4 [April 16, 2006]
+ Change PNG_BUILDING_LIBPNG to PNG_CONFIGURE_LIBPNG in config/Makefile*.
+
+version 1.2.10beta5 [April 16, 2006]
+ Added a configure check for compiling assembler code in pnggccrd.c
+
+version 1.2.10beta6 [April 17, 2006]
+ Revised the configure check for pnggccrd.c
+ Moved -DPNG_CONFIGURE_LIBPNG into @LIBPNG_DEFINES@
+ Added @LIBPNG_DEFINES@ to arguments when building libpng.sym
+
+version 1.2.10beta7 [April 18, 2006]
+ Change "exec_prefix=$prefix" to "exec_prefix=$(prefix)" in makefiles.
+
+version 1.2.10rc1 [April 19, 2006]
+ Ensure pngconf.h doesn't define both PNG_USE_PNGGCCRD and PNG_USE_PNGVCRD
+ Fixed "LN_FS" typo in makefile.sco and makefile.solaris.
+
+version 1.2.10rc2 [April 20, 2006]
+ Added a backslash between -DPNG_CONFIGURE_LIBPNG and -DPNG_NO_ASSEMBLER_CODE
+ in configure.ac and configure
+ Made the configure warning about versioned symbols less arrogant.
+
+version 1.2.10rc3 [April 21, 2006]
+ Added a note in libpng.txt that png_set_sig_bytes(8) can be used when
+ writing an embedded PNG without the 8-byte signature.
+ Revised makefiles and configure to avoid making links to libpng.so.*
+
+version 1.2.10 [April 23, 2006]
+ Reverted configure to "rc2" state.
+
+version 1.2.11beta1 [May 31, 2006]
+ scripts/libpng.pc.in contained "configure" style version info and would
+ not work with makefiles.
+ The shared-library makefiles were linking to libpng.so.0 instead of
+ libpng.so.3 compatibility as the library.
+
+version 1.2.11beta2 [June 2, 2006]
+ Increased sprintf buffer from 50 to 52 chars in pngrutil.c to avoid
+ buffer overflow.
+ Fixed bug in example.c (png_set_palette_rgb -> png_set_palette_to_rgb)
+
+version 1.2.11beta3 [June 5, 2006]
+ Prepended "#! /bin/sh" to ltmail.sh and contrib/pngminus/*.sh (Cosmin).
+ Removed the accidental leftover Makefile.in~ (Cosmin).
+ Avoided potential buffer overflow and optimized buffer in
+ png_write_sCAL(), png_write_sCAL_s() (Cosmin).
+ Removed the include directories and libraries from CFLAGS and LDFLAGS
+ in scripts/makefile.gcc (Nelson A. de Oliveira, Cosmin).
+
+version 1.2.11beta4 [June 6, 2006]
+ Allow zero-length IDAT chunks after the entire zlib datastream, but not
+ after another intervening chunk type.
+
+version 1.0.19rc1, 1.2.11rc1 [June 13, 2006]
+ Deleted extraneous square brackets from [config.h] in configure.ac
+
+version 1.0.19rc2, 1.2.11rc2 [June 14, 2006]
+ Added prototypes for PNG_INCH_CONVERSIONS functions to png.h
+ Revised INSTALL and autogen.sh
+ Fixed typo in several makefiles (-W1 should be -Wl)
+ Added typedef for png_int_32 and png_uint_32 on 64-bit systems.
+
+version 1.0.19rc3, 1.2.11rc3 [June 15, 2006]
+ Removed the new typedefs for 64-bit systems (delay until version 1.4.0)
+ Added one zero element to png_gamma_shift[] array in pngrtran.c to avoid
+ reading out of bounds.
+
+version 1.0.19rc4, 1.2.11rc4 [June 15, 2006]
+ Really removed the new typedefs for 64-bit systems.
+
+version 1.0.19rc5, 1.2.11rc5 [June 22, 2006]
+ Removed png_sig_bytes entry from scripts/pngw32.def
+
+version 1.0.19, 1.2.11 [June 26, 2006]
+ None.
+
+version 1.0.20, 1.2.12 [June 27, 2006]
+ Really increased sprintf buffer from 50 to 52 chars in pngrutil.c to avoid
+ buffer overflow.
+
+version 1.2.13beta1 [October 2, 2006]
+ Removed AC_FUNC_MALLOC from configure.ac
+ Work around Intel-Mac compiler bug by setting PNG_NO_MMX_CODE in pngconf.h
+ Change "logical" to "bitwise" throughout documentation.
+ Detect and fix attempt to write wrong iCCP profile length.
+
+version 1.0.21, 1.2.13 [November 14, 2006]
+ Fix potential buffer overflow in sPLT chunk handler.
+ Fix Makefile.am to not try to link to noexistent files.
+ Check all exported functions for NULL png_ptr.
+
+version 1.2.14beta1 [November 17, 2006]
+ Relocated three misplaced tests for NULL png_ptr.
+ Built Makefile.in with automake-1.9.6 instead of 1.9.2.
+ Build configure with autoconf-2.60 instead of 2.59
+
+version 1.2.14beta2 [November 17, 2006]
+ Added some typecasts in png_zalloc().
+
+version 1.2.14rc1 [November 20, 2006]
+ Changed "strtod" to "png_strtod" in pngrutil.c
+
+version 1.0.22, 1.2.14 [November 27, 2006]
+ Added missing "$(srcdir)" in Makefile.am and Makefile.in
+
+version 1.2.15beta1 [December 3, 2006]
+ Generated configure with autoconf-2.61 instead of 2.60
+ Revised configure.ac to update libpng.pc and libpng-config.
+
+version 1.2.15beta2 [December 3, 2006]
+ Always export MMX asm functions, just stubs if not building pnggccrd.c
+
+version 1.2.15beta3 [December 4, 2006]
+ Add "png_bytep" typecast to profile while calculating length in pngwutil.c
+
+version 1.2.15beta4 [December 7, 2006]
+ Added scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+ Changed PNG_NO_ASSEMBLER_CODE to PNG_NO_MMX_CODE in scripts, like 1.4.0beta
+
+version 1.2.15beta5 [December 7, 2006]
+ Changed some instances of PNG_ASSEMBLER_* to PNG_MMX_* in pnggccrd.c
+ Revised scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+
+version 1.2.15beta6 [December 13, 2006]
+ Revised scripts/CMakeLists.txt and configure.ac
+
+version 1.2.15rc1 [December 18, 2006]
+ Revised scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+
+version 1.2.15rc2 [December 21, 2006]
+ Added conditional #undef jmpbuf in pngtest.c to undo #define in AIX headers.
+ Added scripts/makefile.nommx
+
+version 1.2.15rc3 [December 25, 2006]
+ Fixed shared library numbering error that was introduced in 1.2.15beta6.
+
+version 1.2.15rc4 [December 27, 2006]
+ Fixed handling of rgb_to_gray when png_ptr->color.gray isn't set.
+
+version 1.2.15rc5 [December 31, 2006]
+ Revised handling of rgb_to_gray.
+
+version 1.0.23, 1.2.15 [January 5, 2007]
+ Added some (unsigned long) typecasts in pngtest.c to avoid printing errors.
+
+version 1.2.16beta1 [January 6, 2007]
+ Fix bugs in makefile.nommx
+
+version 1.2.16beta2 [January 16, 2007]
+ Revised scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+
+version 1.0.24, 1.2.16 [January 31, 2007]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.2.17beta1 [March 6, 2007]
+ Revised scripts/CMakeLists.txt to install both shared and static libraries.
+ Deleted a redundant line from pngset.c.
+
+version 1.2.17beta2 [April 26, 2007]
+ Relocated misplaced test for png_ptr == NULL in pngpread.c
+ Change "==" to "&" for testing PNG_RGB_TO_GRAY_ERR & PNG_RGB_TO_GRAY_WARN
+ flags.
+ Changed remaining instances of PNG_ASSEMBLER_* to PNG_MMX_*
+ Added pngerror() when write_IHDR fails in deflateInit2().
+ Added "const" to some array declarations.
+ Mention examples of libpng usage in the libpng*.txt and libpng.3 documents.
+
+version 1.2.17rc1 [May 4, 2007]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.2.17rc2 [May 8, 2007]
+ Moved several PNG_HAVE_* macros out of PNG_INTERNAL because applications
+ calling set_unknown_chunk_location() need them.
+ Changed transformation flag from PNG_EXPAND_tRNS to PNG_EXPAND in
+ png_set_expand_gray_1_2_4_to_8().
+ Added png_ptr->unknown_chunk to hold working unknown chunk data, so it
+ can be free'ed in case of error. Revised unknown chunk handling in
+ pngrutil.c and pngpread.c to use this structure.
+
+version 1.2.17rc3 [May 8, 2007]
+ Revised symbol-handling in configure script.
+
+version 1.2.17rc4 [May 10, 2007]
+ Revised unknown chunk handling to avoid storing unknown critical chunks.
+
+version 1.0.25 [May 15, 2007]
+version 1.2.17 [May 15, 2007]
+ Added "png_ptr->num_trans=0" before error return in png_handle_tRNS,
+ to eliminate a vulnerability (CVE-2007-2445, CERT VU#684664)
+
+version 1.0.26 [May 15, 2007]
+version 1.2.18 [May 15, 2007]
+ Reverted the libpng-1.2.17rc3 change to symbol-handling in configure script
+
+version 1.2.19beta1 [May 18, 2007]
+ Changed "const static" to "static PNG_CONST" everywhere, mostly undoing
+ change of libpng-1.2.17beta2. Changed other "const" to "PNG_CONST"
+ Changed some handling of unused parameters, to avoid compiler warnings.
+ "if (unused == NULL) return;" becomes "unused = unused".
+
+version 1.2.19beta2 [May 18, 2007]
+ Only use the valid bits of tRNS value in png_do_expand() (Brian Cartier)
+
+version 1.2.19beta3 [May 19, 2007]
+ Add some "png_byte" typecasts in png_check_keyword() and write new_key
+ instead of key in zTXt chunk (Kevin Ryde).
+
+version 1.2.19beta4 [May 21, 2007]
+ Add png_snprintf() function and use it in place of sprint() for improved
+ defense against buffer overflows.
+
+version 1.2.19beta5 [May 21, 2007]
+ Fixed png_handle_tRNS() to only use the valid bits of tRNS value.
+ Changed handling of more unused parameters, to avoid compiler warnings.
+ Removed some PNG_CONST in pngwutil.c to avoid compiler warnings.
+
+version 1.2.19beta6 [May 22, 2007]
+ Added some #ifdef PNG_MMX_CODE_SUPPORTED where needed in pngvcrd.c
+ Added a special "_MSC_VER" case that defines png_snprintf to _snprintf
+
+version 1.2.19beta7 [May 22, 2007]
+ Squelched png_squelch_warnings() in pnggccrd.c and added an
+ #ifdef PNG_MMX_CODE_SUPPORTED block around the declarations that caused
+ the warnings that png_squelch_warnings was squelching.
+
+version 1.2.19beta8 [May 22, 2007]
+ Removed __MMX__ from test in pngconf.h.
+
+version 1.2.19beta9 [May 23, 2007]
+ Made png_squelch_warnings() available via PNG_SQUELCH_WARNINGS macro.
+ Revised png_squelch_warnings() so it might work.
+ Updated makefile.sgcc and makefile.solaris; added makefile.solaris-x86.
+
+version 1.2.19beta10 [May 24, 2007]
+ Resquelched png_squelch_warnings(), use "__attribute__((used))" instead.
+
+version 1.2.19beta11 [May 28, 2007]
+ Return 0 from png_get_sPLT() and png_get_unknown_chunks() if png_ptr is NULL;
+ changed three remaining instances of png_strcpy() to png_strncpy() (David
+ Hill).
+ Make test for NULL row_buf at the beginning of png_do_read_transformations
+ unconditional.
+
+version 1.2.19beta12 [May 28, 2007]
+ Revised pnggccrd.c.
+
+version 1.2.19beta13 [June 14, 2007]
+ Prefer PNG_USE_PNGVCRD when _MSC_VER is defined in pngconf.h
+
+version 1.2.19beta14 [June 16, 2007]
+ Fix bug with handling of 16-bit transparency, introduced in 1.2.19beta2
+
+version 1.2.19beta15 [June 17, 2007]
+ Revised pnggccrd.c.
+
+version 1.2.19beta16 [June 18, 2007]
+ Revised pnggccrd.c again.
+ Updated contrib/gregbook.
+ Changed '#include "pnggccrd.c"' to 'include "$srcdir/pnggccrd.c"'
+ in configure.ac
+
+version 1.2.19beta17 [June 19, 2007]
+ Revised many of the makefiles, to set -DPNG_NO_MMX_CODE where needed
+ and to not use -O3 unless -DPNG_NO_MMX_CODE is also set.
+
+version 1.2.19beta18 [June 23, 2007]
+ Replaced some C++ style comments with C style comments in pnggccrd.c.
+ Copied optimized C code from pnggccrd.c to pngrutil.c, removed dependency
+ on pnggccrd.o from many makefiles.
+ Added sl and dylib to list of extensions be installed by Makefile.am
+
+version 1.2.19beta19 [June 28, 2007]
+ Fixed testing PNG_RGB_TO_GRAY_ERR & PNG_RGB_TO_GRAY_WARN in pngrtran.c
+ More cleanup of pnggccrd.c and pngvcrd.c
+
+version 1.2.19beta20 [June 29, 2007]
+ Rebuilt Makefile.in and configure using libtool-1.5.24.
+ Fixed typo in pnggccrd.c
+
+version 1.2.19beta21 [June 30, 2007]
+ More revision of pnggccrd.c
+ Added "test" target to Makefile.in and Makefile.am
+
+version 1.2.19beta22 [July 3, 2007]
+ Added info about pngrutil/pnggccrd/pngvcrd to png_get_header_version()
+ Fix type definition of dummy_value_a, b in pnggccrd.c
+
+version 1.2.19beta23 [July 10, 2007]
+ Revert change to type definition of dummy_value_a, b in pnggccrd.c
+ Make sure __PIC__ is defined in pnggccrd.c when PIC is defined.
+ Require gcc-4.1 or better to use PNG_HAVE_MMX_FILTER_ROW on x86_64 platforms
+
+version 1.2.19beta24 [July 14, 2007]
+ Added PNG_NO_READ_FILTER, PNG_NO_WRITE_FILTER, PNG_NO_WARNING macros.
+ Added contrib/pngminim to demonstrate building minimal encoder and decoder
+
+version 1.2.19beta25 [July 15, 2007]
+ Removed the new PNG_NO_READ_FILTER macro since it would make the library
+ unable to read valid PNG files, and filtering is at the heart of the
+ PNG format.
+
+version 1.2.19beta26 [July 16, 2007]
+ Changed "png_free(str)" to "png_free(png_ptr,str)" in pngrutil.c WinCE
+ code (Yves Piguet). This bug was introduced in libpng-1.2.14.
+ Updated scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+ Relocated a misplaced #endif in pnggccrd.c
+
+version 1.2.19beta27 [July 17, 2007]
+ Fixed incorrect stride and number of bytes copied (was 4 instead of
+ 6 bytes) in the cleanup loop of pnggccrd.c and pngvcrd.c for handling
+ the end of 48-bit interlaced rows (Glenn R-P).
+
+version 1.2.19beta28 [July 19, 2007]
+ Removed requirement for gcc-4.1 or better to use PNG_HAVE_MMX_FILTER_ROW
+ on x86_64 platforms
+ Added png_warning() in pngrutil.c for short iCCP, iTXt, sPLT, or zTXT chunks.
+ Revised pngtest.c so warnings are displayed regardless of PNG_NO_STDIO.
+
+version 1.2.19beta29 [July 20, 2007]
+ Fix typo in pnggccrd.c (%%eax should be %%ax in secondloop48)
+
+version 1.2.19beta30 [July 26, 2007]
+ Revised pnggccrd.c
+
+version 1.2.19beta31 [July 27, 2007]
+ Fix typos in pnggccrd.c
+
+version 1.0.27rc1 and 1.2.19rc1 [July 31, 2007]
+ Disable PNG_MMX_CODE_SUPPORTED when PNG_ASSEMBLER_CODE_SUPPORTED is off.
+ Enable PNG_MMX_READ_FILTER_* by default, except when gcc-3.x is being
+ used (they were inadvertently disabled in libpng-1.2.19beta23).
+ Fix some debugging statements in pnggccrd.c and pngrutil.c
+ Added information about disabling the MMX code in libpng documentation.
+
+version 1.0.27rc2 and 1.2.19rc2 [August 4, 2007]
+ Removed some "#if 0" blocks.
+ Made a global struct local in pngvcrd.c to make it thread safe.
+ Issue a png_error() if application attempts to transform a row tht
+ has not been initialized.
+
+version 1.0.27rc3 and 1.2.19rc3 [August 9, 2007]
+ Slightly revised pngvcrd.c
+
+version 1.0.27rc4 and 1.2.19rc4 [August 9, 2007]
+ Revised pnggccrd.c debugging change of rc1, which was broken.
+ Revised scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+ Change default to PNG_NO_GLOBAL_ARRAYS for MSVC.
+ Turn off PNG_FLAG_ROW_INIT flag when setting transforms that expand pixels.
+
+version 1.0.27rc5 and 1.2.19rc5 [August 10, 2007]
+ Fix typo (missing '"') in pnggccrd.c
+ Revise handling of png_strtod in recent versions of WINCE
+
+version 1.0.27rc6 and 1.2.19rc6 [August 15, 2007]
+ Fix typo (missing ',') in contrib/gregbook/readpng2.c
+ Undid row initialization error exit added to rc2 and rc4.
+
+version 1.0.27 and 1.2.19 [August 18, 2007]
+ Conditionally restored row initialization error exit.
+
+version 1.2.20beta01 [August 19, 2007]
+ Fixed problem with compiling pnggccrd.c on Intel-Apple platforms.
+ Changed png_malloc() to png_malloc_warn() in png_set_sPLT().
+ Added PNG_NO_ERROR_TEXT feature, with demo in contrib/pngminim
+ Removed define PNG_WARN_UNINITIALIZED_ROW 1 /* 0: warning; 1: error */
+ because it caused some trouble.
+
+version 1.2.20beta02 [August 20, 2007]
+ Avoid compiling pnggccrd.c on Intel-Apple platforms.
+
+version 1.2.20beta03 [August 20, 2007]
+ Added "/D PNG_NO_MMX_CODE" to the non-mmx builds of projects/visualc6
+ and visualc71.
+
+version 1.2.20beta04 [August 21, 2007]
+ Revised pngvcrd.c for improved efficiency (Steve Snyder).
+
+version 1.2.20rc1 [August 23, 2007]
+ Revised pngconf.h to set PNG_NO_MMX_CODE for gcc-3.x compilers.
+
+version 1.2.20rc2 [August 27, 2007]
+ Revised scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+ Revised #ifdefs to ensure one and only one of pnggccrd.c, pngvcrd.c,
+ or part of pngrutil.c is selected.
+
+version 1.2.20rc3 [August 30, 2007]
+ Remove a little more code in pngwutil.c when PNG_NO_WRITE_FILTER is selected.
+ Added /D _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS to visual6c and visualc71 projects.
+ Compile png_mmx_support() in png.c even when PNG_NO_MMX_CODE is defined.
+ Restored a "superfluous" #ifdef that was removed from 1.2.20rc2 pnggccrd.c,
+ breaking the png_mmx_support() function.
+
+version 1.2.20rc4 [September 1, 2007]
+ Removed Intel contributions (MMX, Optimized C).
+
+version 1.2.20rc5 [September 2, 2007]
+ Restored configure and Makefile.in to rc3 and put a snippet of code in
+ pnggccrd.c, to ensure configure makes the same PNG_NO_MMX_CODE selection
+
+version 1.2.20rc6 [September 2, 2007]
+ Fixed bugs in scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+ Removed pngvcrd.c references from msvc projects.
+
+version 1.0.28 and 1.2.20 [September 8, 2007]
+ Removed "(NO READ SUPPORT)" from png_get_header_version() string.
+
+version 1.2.21beta1 [September 14, 2007]
+ Fixed various mistakes reported by George Cook and Jeff Phillips:
+ logical vs bitwise NOT in pngrtran.c, bug introduced in 1.2.19rc2
+ 16-bit cheap transparency expansion, bug introduced in 1.2.19beta2
+ errors with sizeof(unknown_chunk.name), bugs introduced in 1.2.19beta11
+ <= compare with unsigned var in pngset.c, should be ==.
+
+version 1.2.21beta2 [September 18, 2007]
+ Removed some extraneous typecasts.
+
+version 1.2.21rc1 [September 25, 2007]
+ Fixed potential out-of-bounds reads in png_handle_pCAL() and
+ png_handle_ztXt() ("flayer" results reported by Tavis Ormandy).
+
+version 1.2.21rc2 [September 26, 2007]
+ Fixed potential out-of-bounds reads in png_handle_sCAL(),
+ png_handle_iTXt(), and png_push_read_tEXt().
+ Remove some PNG_CONST declarations from pngwutil.c to avoid compiler warnings
+ Revised makefiles to update paths in libpng.pc properly.
+
+version 1.2.21rc3 [September 27, 2007]
+ Revised makefiles to update "Libs" in libpng.pc properly.
+
+version 1.0.29 and 1.2.21rc3 [October 4, 2007]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.2.22beta1 [October 4, 2007]
+ Again, fixed logical vs bitwise NOT in pngrtran.c, bug introduced
+ in 1.2.19rc2
+
+version 1.2.22beta2 [October 5, 2007]
+ Fixed string length error in pngset.c (caused crashes while decoding iCCP)
+ Add terminating NULL after each instance of png_strncpy().
+
+version 1.2.22beta3 [October 6, 2007]
+ Fix two off-by-one terminating NULL after png_strncpy().
+
+version 1.2.22beta4 [October 7, 2007]
+ Changed some 0 to '\0'.
+
+version 1.0.30rc1 and 1.2.22rc1 [October 8, 2007]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.0.30 and 1.2.22 [October 13, 2007]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.2.23beta01 [October 15, 2007]
+ Reduced number of invocations of png_strlen() in pngset.c.
+ Changed [azAZ09_] to [_abcde...89] in Makefile.am for better localization.
+
+version 1.2.23beta02 [October 16, 2007]
+ Eliminated png_strncpy() and png_strcpy() (Pierre Poissinger)
+ Changed $AN to $(AN) in Makefile.am.
+
+version 1.2.23beta03 [October 16, 2007]
+ Fixed off-by-one error in pngset.c
+ Restore statement to set last character of buffer to \0 in pngerror.c
+
+version 1.2.23beta04 [October 23, 2007]
+ Reject attempt to set all-zero cHRM values.
+
+version 1.2.23beta05 [October 26, 2007]
+ Add missing quotes in projects/visualc6, lost in version 1.2.20rc3
+
+version 1.2.23rc01 [November 2, 2007]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.2.23 [November 6, 2007]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.2.24beta01 [November 19, 2007]
+ Moved misplaced test for malloc failure in png_set_sPLT(). This bug was
+ introduced in libpng-1.2.20beta01.
+ Ifdef out avg_row etc from png.h and pngwrite.c when PNG_NO_WRITE_FILTER
+ Do not use png_ptr->free_fn and png_ptr->mem_fn in png_destroy_read_struct()
+ when png_ptr is NULL (Marshall Clow).
+ Updated handling of symbol prefixes in Makefile.am and configure.ac (Mike
+ Frysinger).
+
+version 1.2.24beta02 [November 30, 2007]
+ Removed a useless test and fixed incorrect test in png_set_cHRM_fixed()
+ (David Hill).
+
+version 1.2.24rc01 [December 7, 2007]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.2.24 [December 14, 2007]
+ Make sure not to redefine _BSD_SOURCE in pngconf.h
+ Revised gather.sh and makefile.std in contrib/pngminim to avoid compiling
+ unused files.
+
+version 1.2.25beta01 [January 7, 2008]
+ Fixed bug with unknown chunk handling, introduced in version 1.2.17rc2
+
+version 1.2.25beta02 [January 10, 2008]
+ Prevent gamma from being applied twice.
+
+version 1.2.25rc01 [January 17, 2008]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.2.25beta03 [January 22, 2008]
+ Fixed some continue-after-malloc-failure errors in pngset.c (David Hill)
+ Check for info_ptr == NULL in png_read_info() and png_process_data().
+ Check for possible use of NULL user_png_ver[] in png_create_read_struct().
+ Change "if (swidth == NULL)" to "if (sheight == NULL)" in png_handle_sCAL
+ (bug introduced in libpng-1.2.4/1.0.13).
+ Return from png_destroy_read_struct() if png_ptr_ptr is NULL.
+ Fix overflow of "msg" in png_decompress_chunk().
+
+version 1.2.25beta04 [January 26, 2008]
+ Work around Coverity bug report by slightly refactoring
+ png_read_push_finish_row()
+
+version 1.2.25beta05 [January 31, 2008]
+ Added libpng-1.2.25beta05.tar.lzma to distribution. Get the lzma codec
+ from <http://tukaani.org/lzma>.
+ Added lp1225b05.7z to distribution. Get the 7-zip decoder from
+ from <http://www.7-zip.org>.
+ Fixed some broken links in the README file.
+
+version 1.2.25beta06 [February 6, 2008]
+ Refactored png_read_push_finish_row() again, trying to satisfy Coverity.
+ Fixed potential NULL dereference of png_ptr in png_destroy_write_struct();
+ clarified potential NULL dereference of png_ptr in png_destroy_read_struct();
+ fixed potential NULL dereference of info_ptr in png_handle_bKGD();
+ fixed potential NULL dereference of user_png_ver[] in
+ png_create_write_struct_2(). (Coverity)
+
+version 1.2.25rc02 [February 10, 2008]
+ Reset png_ptr->pass in png_read_push_finish_row() before break.
+ Changed "pass" from png_byte to int.
+
+version 1.2.25 and 1.0.31 [February 18, 2008]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.2.26beta01 [February 21, 2008]
+ Added missing "(" in pngmem.c. Bug introduced in libpng-1.2.2/1.0.13
+
+version 1.2.26beta02 [March 12, 2008]
+ Refined error message returned from deflateInit2 in pngwutil.c
+ Check IHDR length in png_push_read_chunk() before saving it.
+
+version 1.2.26beta03 [March 16, 2008]
+ Revised contrib/gregbook to handle premature end-of-file and file
+ read errors correctly.
+
+version 1.2.26beta04 [March 18, 2008]
+ Free png_ptr->big_row_buf and png_ptr->prev_row before allocating
+ new copies in png_read_start_row(). Bug introduced in libpng-1.2.22.
+
+version 1.2.26beta05 [March 19, 2008]
+ Removed extra png_free() added in libpng-1.2.26beta04.
+
+version 1.2.26beta06 [March 19, 2008]
+ Avoid reallocating big_row_buf and prev_row when the size does not increase.
+
+version 1.2.26rc01 [March 26, 2008]
+ Ifdef out some code that is unused when interlacing is not supported.
+
+versions 1.0.32 and 1.2.26 [April 2, 2008]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.2.27beta01 [April 12, 2008]
+ Fixed bug (introduced in libpng-1.0.5h) with handling zero-length
+ unknown chunks.
+ Added more information about png_set_keep_unknown_chunks() to the
+ documentation.
+ Reject tRNS chunk with out-of-range samples instead of masking off
+ the invalid high bits as done in since libpng-1.2.19beta5.
+
+version 1.2.27beta02 [April 13, 2008]
+ Revised documentation about unknown chunk and user chunk handling.
+ Keep tRNS chunk with out-of-range samples and issue a png_warning().
+
+version 1.2.27beta03 [April 14, 2008]
+ Added check for NULL ptr in TURBOC version of png_free_default().
+ Removed several unnecessary checks for NULL before calling png_free().
+ Revised png_set_tRNS() so that calling it twice removes and invalidates
+ the previous call.
+ Revised pngtest to check for out-of-range tRNS samples.
+
+version 1.2.27beta04 [April 18, 2008]
+ Added AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL to configure.ac
+ Rebuilt Makefile.in, aclocal.m4, and configure with autoconf-2.62
+
+version 1.2.27beta05 [April 19, 2008]
+ Added MAINTAINERCLEANFILES variable to Makefile.am
+
+version 1.2.27beta06 [April 21, 2008]
+ Avoid changing color_type from GRAY to RGB by
+ png_set_expand_gray_1_2_4_to_8().
+
+version 1.2.27rc01 [April 23, 2008]
+ Fix broken URL for rfc2083 in png.5 and libpng-*.txt
+
+version 1.0.33 and 1.2.27 [April 30, 2008]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.0.34 and 1.2.28 [April 30, 2008]
+ Rebuilt Makefile.in, aclocal.m4, and configure with autoconf-2.61
+ due to backward incompatibilities.
+ Removed a stray object file from contrib/gregbook
+
+version 1.2.29beta01 [May 1, 2008]
+ Removed some stray *.diff and *.orig files
+
+version 1.2.29beta02 [May 1, 2008]
+ Reverted Makefile.in, aclocal.m4, and configure to the libpng-1.2.26
+ versions.
+
+version 1.2.29beta03 [May 2, 2008]
+ Added --force to autogen libtoolize options and --force-missing to
+ automake options.
+ Changed $(ECHO) to echo in Makefile.am and Makefile.in
+ Updated all configure files to autoconf-2.62
+ #ifdef out pnggcrd.c code if using MSC_VER
+
+version 1.2.29rc01 [May 4, 2008]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.0.35 and 1.2.29 [May 8, 2008]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.0.37 [May 9, 2008]
+ Updated Makefile.in and configure (omitted version 1.0.36).
+
+version 1.2.30beta01 [May 29, 2008]
+ Updated libpng.pc-configure.in and libpng-config.in per debian bug reports.
+
+version 1.2.30beta02 [June 25, 2008]
+ Restored png_flush(png_ptr) at the end of png_write_end(), that was
+ removed from libpng-1.0.9beta03.
+
+version 1.2.30beta03 [July 6, 2008]
+ Merged some cosmetic whitespace changes from libpng-1.4.0beta19.
+ Inline call of png_get_uint_32() in png_get_uint_31(), as in 1.4.0beta19.
+ Added demo of decoding vpAg and sTER chunks to pngtest.c, from 1.4.0beta19.
+ Changed PNGMAJ from 0 to 12 in makefile.darwin, which does not like 0.
+ Added new private function png_read_chunk_header() from 1.4.0beta19.
+ Merge reading of chunk length and chunk type into a single 8-byte read.
+ Merge writing of chunk length and chunk type into a single 8-byte write.
+
+version 1.2.30beta04 [July 10, 2008]
+ Merged more cosmetic whitespace changes from libpng-1.4.0beta19.
+
+version 1.0.38rc01, 1.2.30rc01 [December 18, 2008]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.0.38rc02, 1.2.30rc02 [July 21, 2008]
+ Moved local array "chunkdata" from pngrutil.c to the png_struct, so
+ it will be freed by png_read_destroy() in case of a read error (Kurt
+ Christensen).
+
+version 1.0.38rc03, 1.2.30rc03 [July 21, 2008]
+ Changed "purpose" and "buffer" to png_ptr->chunkdata to avoid memory leaking.
+
+version 1.0.38rc04, 1.2.30rc04 [July 22, 2008]
+ Changed "chunkdata = NULL" to "png_ptr->chunkdata = NULL" several places in
+ png_decompress_chunk().
+
+version 1.0.38rc05, 1.2.30rc05 [July 25, 2008]
+ Changed all remaining "chunkdata" to "png_ptr->chunkdata" in
+ png_decompress_chunk() and remove chunkdata from parameter list.
+ Put a call to png_check_chunk_name() in png_read_chunk_header().
+ Revised png_check_chunk_name() to reject a name with a lowercase 3rd byte.
+ Removed two calls to png_check_chunk_name() occuring later in the process.
+
+version 1.0.38rc06, 1.2.30rc06 [July 29, 2008]
+ Added a call to png_check_chunk_name() in pngpread.c
+ Reverted png_check_chunk_name() to accept a name with a lowercase 3rd byte.
+
+version 1.0.38r07, 1.2.30r07 [August 2, 2008]
+ Changed "-Wall" to "-W -Wall" in the CFLAGS in all makefiles (Cosmin Truta)
+ Declared png_ptr "volatile" in pngread.c and pngwrite.c to avoid warnings.
+ Added code in pngset.c to quiet compiler warnings.
+ Updated contrib/visupng/cexcept.h to version 2.0.1
+ Relocated a misplaced "#endif /* PNG_NO_WRITE_FILTER */" in pngwutil.c
+
+version 1.0.38r08, 1.2.30r08 [August 2, 2008]
+ Enclose "volatile" declarations in #ifdef PNG_SETJMP_SUPPORTED (Cosmin).
+
+version 1.0.38, 1.2.30 [August 14, 2008]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.2.31rc01 [August 19, 2008]
+ Removed extra crc check at the end of png_handle_cHRM(). Bug introduced
+ in libpng-1.2.30beta03 (Heiko Nitzsche).
+
+version 1.2.31rc02 [August 19, 2008]
+ Added PNG_WRITE_FLUSH_SUPPORTED block around new png_flush() call.
+
+version 1.2.31rc03 [August 19, 2008]
+ Added PNG_WRITE_FLUSH_AFTER_IEND_SUPPORTED block, off by default, around
+ new png_flush().
+
+version 1.0.39, 1.2.31 [August 21, 2008]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.2.32beta01 [September 6, 2008]
+ Shortened tIME_string to 29 bytes in pngtest.c (bug introduced in
+ libpng-1.2.22).
+ Fixed off-by-one error introduced in png_push_read_zTXt() function in
+ libpng-1.2.30beta04/pngpread.c (Harald van Dijk)
+ These bugs have been given the vulnerability id CVE-2008-3964.
+
+version 1.0.40, 1.2.32 [September 18, 2008]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.2.33beta01 [October 6, 2008]
+ Revised makefile.darwin to fix shared library numbering.
+ Change png_set_gray_1_2_4_to_8() to png_set_expand_gray_1_2_4_to_8()
+ in example.c (debian bug report)
+
+version 1.2.33rc01 [October 15, 2008]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.0.41rc01, version 1.2.33rc02 [October 23, 2008]
+ Changed remaining "key" to "png_ptr->chunkdata" in png_handle_tEXt()
+ to avoid memory leak after memory failure while reading tEXt chunk.`
+
+version 1.2.33 [October 31, 2008]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.2.34beta01 [November 27, 2008]
+ Revised png_warning() to write its message on standard output by default
+ when warning_fn is NULL. This was the behavior prior to libpng-1.2.9beta9.
+ Fixed string vs pointer-to-string error in png_check_keyword().
+ Added png_check_cHRM_fixed() in png.c and moved checking from pngget.c,
+ pngrutil.c, and pngwrite.c, and eliminated floating point cHRM checking.
+ Added check for zero-area RGB cHRM triangle in png_check_cHRM_fixed().
+ In png_check_cHRM_fixed(), ensure white_y is > 0, and removed redundant
+ check for all-zero coordinates that is detected by the triangle check.
+ Revised png_warning() to write its message on standard output by default
+ when warning_fn is NULL.
+
+version 1.2.34beta02 [November 28, 2008]
+ Corrected off-by-one error in bKGD validity check in png_write_bKGD()
+ and in png_handle_bKGD().
+
+version 1.2.34beta03 [December 1, 2008]
+ Revised bKGD validity check to use >= x instead of > x + 1
+ Merged with png_debug from libpng-1.4.0 to remove newlines.
+
+version 1.2.34beta04 [December 2, 2008]
+ More merging with png_debug from libpng-1.4.0 to remove newlines.
+
+version 1.2.34beta05 [December 5, 2008]
+ Removed redundant check for key==NULL before calling png_check_keyword()
+ to ensure that new_key gets initialized and removed extra warning
+ (Arvan Pritchard).
+
+version 1.2.34beta06 [December 9, 2008]
+ In png_write_png(), respect the placement of the filler bytes in an earlier
+ call to png_set_filler() (Jim Barry).
+
+version 1.2.34beta07 [December 9, 2008]
+ Undid previous change and added PNG_TRANSFORM_STRIP_FILLER_BEFORE and
+ PNG_TRANSFORM_STRIP_FILLER_AFTER conditionals and deprecated
+ PNG_TRANSFORM_STRIP_FILLER (Jim Barry).
+
+version 1.0.42rc01, 1.2.34rc01 [December 11, 2008]
+ No changes.
+
+version 1.0.42, 1.2.34 [December 18, 2008]
+ No changes.
+
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