diff --git a/libpng-manual.txt b/libpng-manual.txt index 896c97a87..7be0fd2b7 100644 --- a/libpng-manual.txt +++ b/libpng-manual.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ libpng-manual.txt - A description on how to use and modify libpng - libpng version 1.6.18beta04 - May 6, 2015 + libpng version 1.6.18beta04 - May 7, 2015 Updated and distributed by Glenn Randers-Pehrson Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Glenn Randers-Pehrson @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ libpng-manual.txt - A description on how to use and modify libpng Based on: - libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.6.18beta04 - May 6, 2015 + libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.6.18beta04 - May 7, 2015 Updated and distributed by Glenn Randers-Pehrson Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Glenn Randers-Pehrson @@ -5110,6 +5110,23 @@ length, which resulted in PNG files that cannot be read beyond the bad iTXt chunk. This error was fixed in libpng-1.6.3, and a tool (called contrib/tools/png-fix-itxt) has been added to the libpng distribution. +Starting with libpng-1.6.17, the PNG_SAFE_LIMITS macro was eliminated +and safe limits are used by default (users who need larger limits +can still override them at compile time or run time, as described above). + +The new limits are + default spec limit + png_user_width_max 1,000,000 2,147,483,647 + png_user_height_max 1,000,000 2,147,483,647 + png_user_chunk_cache_max 128 unlimited + png_user_chunk_malloc_max 8,000,000 unlimited + +Starting with libpng-1.6.18, a PNG_RELEASE_BUILD macro was added, which allows +library builders to control compilation for an installed system (a release build). +It can be set for testing debug or beta builds to ensure that they will compile +when the build type is switched to RC or STABLE. In essence this overrides the +PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_BASE_TYPE definition which is not directly user controllable. + XIII. Detecting libpng The png_get_io_ptr() function has been present since libpng-0.88, has never @@ -5280,7 +5297,7 @@ Other rules can be inferred by inspecting the libpng source. XVI. Y2K Compliance in libpng -May 6, 2015 +May 7, 2015 Since the PNG Development group is an ad-hoc body, we can't make an official declaration. diff --git a/libpng.3 b/libpng.3 index cb32805c7..3c308f09e 100644 --- a/libpng.3 +++ b/libpng.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH LIBPNG 3 "May 6, 2015" +.TH LIBPNG 3 "May 7, 2015" .SH NAME libpng \- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Reference Library 1.6.18beta04 .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ Following is a copy of the libpng-manual.txt file that accompanies libpng. .SH LIBPNG.TXT libpng-manual.txt - A description on how to use and modify libpng - libpng version 1.6.18beta04 - May 6, 2015 + libpng version 1.6.18beta04 - May 7, 2015 Updated and distributed by Glenn Randers-Pehrson Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Glenn Randers-Pehrson @@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ libpng-manual.txt - A description on how to use and modify libpng Based on: - libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.6.18beta04 - May 6, 2015 + libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.6.18beta04 - May 7, 2015 Updated and distributed by Glenn Randers-Pehrson Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Glenn Randers-Pehrson @@ -5614,6 +5614,23 @@ length, which resulted in PNG files that cannot be read beyond the bad iTXt chunk. This error was fixed in libpng-1.6.3, and a tool (called contrib/tools/png-fix-itxt) has been added to the libpng distribution. +Starting with libpng-1.6.17, the PNG_SAFE_LIMITS macro was eliminated +and safe limits are used by default (users who need larger limits +can still override them at compile time or run time, as described above). + +The new limits are + default spec limit + png_user_width_max 1,000,000 2,147,483,647 + png_user_height_max 1,000,000 2,147,483,647 + png_user_chunk_cache_max 128 unlimited + png_user_chunk_malloc_max 8,000,000 unlimited + +Starting with libpng-1.6.18, a PNG_RELEASE_BUILD macro was added, which allows +library builders to control compilation for an installed system (a release build). +It can be set for testing debug or beta builds to ensure that they will compile +when the build type is switched to RC or STABLE. In essence this overrides the +PNG_LIBPNG_BUILD_BASE_TYPE definition which is not directly user controllable. + .SH XIII. Detecting libpng The png_get_io_ptr() function has been present since libpng-0.88, has never @@ -5784,7 +5801,7 @@ Other rules can be inferred by inspecting the libpng source. .SH XVI. Y2K Compliance in libpng -May 6, 2015 +May 7, 2015 Since the PNG Development group is an ad-hoc body, we can't make an official declaration. @@ -6102,7 +6119,7 @@ possible without all of you. Thanks to Frank J. T. Wojcik for helping with the documentation. -Libpng version 1.6.18beta04 - May 6, 2015: +Libpng version 1.6.18beta04 - May 7, 2015: Initially created in 1995 by Guy Eric Schalnat, then of Group 42, Inc. Currently maintained by Glenn Randers-Pehrson (glennrp at users.sourceforge.net). @@ -6125,7 +6142,7 @@ this sentence. This code is released under the libpng license. -libpng versions 1.2.6, August 15, 2004, through 1.6.18beta04, May 6, 2015, are +libpng versions 1.2.6, August 15, 2004, through 1.6.18beta04, May 7, 2015, are Copyright (c) 2004,2006-2015 Glenn Randers-Pehrson, and are distributed according to the same disclaimer and license as libpng-1.2.5 with the following individual added to the list of Contributing Authors @@ -6224,7 +6241,7 @@ certification mark of the Open Source Initiative. Glenn Randers-Pehrson glennrp at users.sourceforge.net -May 6, 2015 +May 7, 2015 .\" end of man page