Compress-Raw-Zlib Version 2.023 9th November 2009 Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The directory zlib-src contains a subset of the source files copied directly from zlib version 1.2.3. These files are Copyright(C) 1995-2005 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler. Full source for the zlib library is available at http://www.zlib.org DESCRIPTION ----------- This module provides a Perl interface to the zlib compression library. PREREQUISITES ------------- Before you can build Compress-Raw-Zlib you need to have the following installed on your system: * A C compiler * Perl 5.004 or better. By default, Compress-Raw-Zlib will build its own private copy of the zlib library. If you want to use a different version of zlib, follow the instructions in the section called "Controlling the version of zlib used by Compress-Raw-Zlib" later in this document. BUILDING THE MODULE ------------------- Assuming you have met all the prerequisites, the module can now be built using this sequence of commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test INSTALLATION ------------ To install Compress-Raw-Zlib, run the command below: make install Controlling the version of zlib used by Compress-Raw-Zlib ---------------------------------------------------------- Compress-Raw-Zlib interfaces to the zlib compression library. There are three options available to control which version/instance of the zlib library is used: 1. Build a private copy of the zlib library using the zlib library source that is included with this module. This is the default and recommended option. 2. Build a private copy of the zlib library using a standard zlib source distribution. 3. Use a pre-built zlib library. Note that if you intend to use either Option 2 or 3, you need to have zlib version 1.0.5 or better. The contents of the file config.in are used to control which of the three options is actually used. This file is read during the perl Makefile.PL step of the build, so remember to make any required changes to config.in before building this module. Option 1 -------- For option 1, edit the file config.in and set the variables in it as follows: BUILD_ZLIB = True INCLUDE = ./zlib-src LIB = ./zlib-src OLD_ZLIB = False GZIP_OS_CODE = AUTO_DETECT Option 2 -------- For option 2, fetch a copy of the zlib source distribution from http://www.zlib.org and unpack it into the Compress-Raw-Zlib source directory. Assuming you have fetched zlib 1.2.3, it will create a directory called zlib-1.2.3. Now set the variables in the file config.in as follows (if the version you have fetched isn't 1.2.3, change the INCLUDE and LIB variables appropriately): BUILD_ZLIB = True INCLUDE = ./zlib-1.2.3 LIB = ./zlib-1.2.3 OLD_ZLIB = False GZIP_OS_CODE = AUTO_DETECT Option 3 -------- For option 3, you need to find out where zlib is stored on your system. There are two parts to this. First, find the directory where the zlib library is stored (some common names for the library are libz.a and libz.so). Set the LIB variable in the config.in file to that directory. Secondly, find the directory where the file zlib.h is stored. Now set the INCLUDE variable in the config.in file to that directory. Next set BUILD_ZLIB to False. Finally, if you are running zlib 1.0.5 or older, set the OLD_ZLIB variable to True. Otherwise set it to False. As an example, if the zlib library on your system is in /usr/local/lib, zlib.h is in /usr/local/include and zlib is more recent than version 1.0.5, the variables in config.in should be set as follows: BUILD_ZLIB = False INCLUDE = /usr/local/include LIB = /usr/local/lib OLD_ZLIB = False GZIP_OS_CODE = AUTO_DETECT Setting the Gzip OS Code ------------------------ Every gzip stream stores a byte in its header to identify the Operating System that was used to create the gzip stream. When you build Compress-Raw-Zlib it will attempt to determine the value that is correct for your Operating System. This will then be used by IO::Compress::Gzip as the default value for the OS byte in all gzip headers it creates. The variable GZIP_OS_CODE in the config.in file controls the setting of this value when building Compress-Raw-Zlib. If GZIP_OS_CODE is set to AUTO_DETECT, Compress-Raw-Zlib will attempt to determine the correct value for your Operating System. Alternatively, you can override auto-detection of the default OS code and explicitly set it yourself. Set the GZIP_OS_CODE variable in the config.in file to be a number between 0 and 255. For example GZIP_OS_CODE = 3 See RFC 1952 for valid OS codes that can be used. If you are running one of the less popular Operating Systems, it is possible that the default value picked by this module is incorrect or the default value (3) is used when there is a better value available. When Compress-Raw-Zlib cannot determine what operating system you are running, it will use the default value 3 for the OS code. If you find you have to change this value, because you think the value auto detected is incorrect, please take a few moments to contact the author of this module. TROUBLESHOOTING --------------- Undefined Symbol gzsetparams ---------------------------- If you get the error shown below when you run the Compress-Raw-Zlib test harness it probably means you are running a copy of zlib that is version 1.0.5 or older. t/01version.........Can't load 'blib/arch/auto/Compress/Zlib/Zlib.so' for module Compress::Raw::Zlib: blib/arch/auto/Compress/Raw/Zlib/Zlib.so: undefined symbol: gzsetparams at ... There are two ways to fix this problem: 1. Upgrade to the latest version of zlib. 2. Edit config.in and set the OLD_ZLIB variable to True. Test Harness 01version fails ---------------------------- If the 01version test harness fails, and the problem isn't covered by the scenario above, it probably means that you have two versions of zlib installed on your system. Run the command below to see if this is indeed the case make test TEST_VERBOSE=1 TEST_FILES=t/01version.t Try removing the one you don't want to use and rebuild. Solaris build fails with "language optional software package not installed" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you are trying to build this module under Solaris and you get an error message like this /usr/ucb/cc: language optional software package not installed it means that Perl cannot find the C compiler on your system. The cryptic message is just Sun's way of telling you that you haven't bought their C compiler. When you build a Perl module that needs a C compiler, the Perl build system tries to use the same C compiler that was used to build perl itself. In this case your Perl binary was built with a C compiler that lived in /usr/ucb. To continue with building this module, you need to get a C compiler, or tell Perl where your C compiler is, if you already have one. Assuming you have now got a C compiler, what you do next will be dependent on what C compiler you have installed. If you have just installed Sun's C compiler, you shouldn't have to do anything. Just try rebuilding this module. If you have installed another C compiler, say gcc, you have to tell perl how to use it instead of /usr/ucb/cc. This set of options seems to work if you want to use gcc. Your mileage may vary. perl Makefile.PL CC=gcc CCCDLFLAGS=-fPIC OPTIMIZE=" " make test If that doesn't work for you, it's time to make changes to the Makefile by hand. Good luck! Solaris build fails with "gcc: unrecognized option `-KPIC'" ----------------------------------------------------------- You are running Solaris and you get an error like this when you try to build this Perl module gcc: unrecognized option `-KPIC' This symptom usually means that you are using a Perl binary that has been built with the Sun C compiler, but you are using gcc to build this module. When Perl builds modules that need a C compiler, it will attempt to use the same C compiler and command line options that was used to build perl itself. In this case "-KPIC" is a valid option for the Sun C compiler, but not for gcc. The equivalent option for gcc is "-fPIC". The solution is either: 1. Build both Perl and this module with the same C compiler, either by using the Sun C compiler for both or gcc for both. 2. Try generating the Makefile for this module like this perl perl Makefile.PL CC=gcc CCCDLFLAGS=-fPIC OPTIMIZE=" " LD=gcc make test This second option seems to work when mixing a Perl binary built with the Sun C compiler and this module built with gcc. Your mileage may vary. HP-UX Notes ----------- I've had a report that when building Compress-Raw-Zlib under HP-UX that it is necessary to have first built the zlib library with the -fpic option. Linux Notes ----------- Although most Linux distributions already come with zlib, some people report getting this error when they try to build this module: $ make cp Zlib.pm blib/lib/Compress/Zlib.pm AutoSplitting blib/lib/Compress/Zlib.pm (blib/lib/auto/Compress/Zlib) /usr/bin/perl -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap typemap Zlib.xs > Zlib.xsc && mv Zlib.xsc Zlib.c gcc -c -I/usr/local/include -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -DVERSION=\"1.16\" -DXS_VERSION=\"1.16\" -fPIC -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/i386-linux/CORE Zlib.c Zlib.xs:25:19: zlib.h: No such file or directory make: *** [Zlib.o] Error 1 This usually means that you have not installed the development RPM for zlib. Check for an RPM that start with "zlib-devel" in your Linux distribution. Win32 Notes ----------- If you are running Activestate Perl (from http://www.activestate.com), it ships with a pre-compiled version of Compress-Raw-Zlib. To check if a newer version of Compress-Raw-Zlib is available run this from the command prompt C:\> ppm verify -upgrade Compress-Raw-Zlib If you are not running Activestate Perl and you don't have access to a C compiler, you will not be able to build and install this module. Win32 & Cygwin Notes -------------------- It is not possible to install Compress-Raw-Zlib using the CPAN shell. This is because the Compress-Raw-Zlib DLL is itself used by the CPAN shell and it is impossible to remove a DLL while it is already loaded under Windows. The workaround is to install Compress-Raw-Zlib manually using the instructions given at the start of this file. FEEDBACK -------- How to report a problem with Compress-Raw-Zlib. To help me help you, I need all of the following information: 1. The Versions of everything relevant. This includes: a. The *complete* output from running this perl -V Do not edit the output in any way. Note, I want you to run "perl -V" and NOT "perl -v". If your perl does not understand the "-V" option it is too old. This module needs Perl version 5.004 or better. b. The version of Compress-Raw-Zlib you have. If you have successfully installed Compress-Raw-Zlib, this one-liner will tell you: perl -MCompress::Raw::Zlib -e 'print qq[ver $Compress::Raw::Zlib::VERSION\n]' If you are running windows use this perl -MCompress::Raw::Zlib -e "print qq[ver $Compress::Raw::Zlib::VERSION\n]" If you haven't installed Compress-Raw-Zlib then search Compress::Raw::Zlib.pm for a line like this: $VERSION = "2.023" ; c. The version of zlib you have used. If you have successfully installed Compress-Raw-Zlib, this one-liner will tell you: perl -MCompress::Raw::Zlib -e "print q[zlib ver ]. Compress::Raw::Zlib::ZLIB_VERSION.qq[\n]" If not, look at the beginning of the file zlib.h. 2. If you are having problems building Compress-Raw-Zlib, send me a complete log of what happened. Start by unpacking the Compress-Raw-Zlib module into a fresh directory and keep a log of all the steps [edit config.in, if necessary] perl Makefile.PL make make test TEST_VERBOSE=1 Paul Marquess