[libpng16] Updated documentation to show default behavior of benign errors

correctly.
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Libpng 1.6.3beta10 - June 28, 2013
Libpng 1.6.3beta10 - July 2, 2013
This is not intended to be a public release. It will be replaced
within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.
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Renamed contrib/tools/png-fix-too-far-back.c to pngfix.c and revised it
to check all compressed chunks known to libpng.
Version 1.6.3beta10 [June 28, 2013]
Version 1.6.3beta10 [July 2, 2013]
Updated documentation to show default behavior of benign errors correctly.
Send comments/corrections/commendations to png-mng-implement at lists.sf.net
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Renamed contrib/tools/png-fix-too-far-back.c to pngfix.c and revised it
to check all compressed chunks known to libpng.
Version 1.6.3beta10 [June 28, 2013]
Version 1.6.3beta10 [July 2, 2013]
Updated documentation to show default behavior of benign errors correctly.
Send comments/corrections/commendations to png-mng-implement at lists.sf.net
(subscription required; visit

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libpng-manual.txt - A description on how to use and modify libpng
libpng version 1.6.3beta10 - June 28, 2013
libpng version 1.6.3beta10 - July 2, 2013
Updated and distributed by Glenn Randers-Pehrson
<glennrp at users.sourceforge.net>
Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
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Based on:
libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.6.3beta10 - June 28, 2013
libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.6.3beta10 - July 2, 2013
Updated and distributed by Glenn Randers-Pehrson
Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
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png_set_benign_errors (png_ptr, int allowed);
allowed: 0: (default) treat png_benign_error() an error.
allowed: 0: treat png_benign_error() as an error.
1: treat png_benign_error() as a warning.
As of libpng-1.6.0, the default condition is to treat benign errors as
warnings while reading and as errors while writing.
Custom chunks
If you need to read or write custom chunks, you may need to get deeper
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The library now issues an error if the application attempts to set a
transform after it calls png_read_update_info().
The default condition for benign_errors is now to treat benign errors as
warnings while reading and as errors while writing.
The library now issues a warning if both background processing and RGB to
gray are used when gamma correction happens. As with previous versions of
the library the results are numerically very incorrect in this case.
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XVI. Y2K Compliance in libpng
June 28, 2013
July 2, 2013
Since the PNG Development group is an ad-hoc body, we can't make
an official declaration.

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.TH LIBPNG 3 "June 28, 2013"
.TH LIBPNG 3 "July 2, 2013"
.SH NAME
libpng \- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Reference Library 1.6.3beta10
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.SH LIBPNG.TXT
libpng-manual.txt - A description on how to use and modify libpng
libpng version 1.6.3beta10 - June 28, 2013
libpng version 1.6.3beta10 - July 2, 2013
Updated and distributed by Glenn Randers-Pehrson
<glennrp at users.sourceforge.net>
Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
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Based on:
libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.6.3beta10 - June 28, 2013
libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.6.3beta10 - July 2, 2013
Updated and distributed by Glenn Randers-Pehrson
Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
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png_set_benign_errors (png_ptr, int allowed);
allowed: 0: (default) treat png_benign_error() an error.
allowed: 0: treat png_benign_error() as an error.
1: treat png_benign_error() as a warning.
As of libpng-1.6.0, the default condition is to treat benign errors as
warnings while reading and as errors while writing.
.SS Custom chunks
If you need to read or write custom chunks, you may need to get deeper
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The library now issues an error if the application attempts to set a
transform after it calls png_read_update_info().
The default condition for benign_errors is now to treat benign errors as
warnings while reading and as errors while writing.
The library now issues a warning if both background processing and RGB to
gray are used when gamma correction happens. As with previous versions of
the library the results are numerically very incorrect in this case.
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.SH XVI. Y2K Compliance in libpng
June 28, 2013
July 2, 2013
Since the PNG Development group is an ad-hoc body, we can't make
an official declaration.
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Thanks to Frank J. T. Wojcik for helping with the documentation.
Libpng version 1.6.3beta10 - June 28, 2013:
Libpng version 1.6.3beta10 - July 2, 2013:
Initially created in 1995 by Guy Eric Schalnat, then of Group 42, Inc.
Currently maintained by Glenn Randers-Pehrson (glennrp at users.sourceforge.net).
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This code is released under the libpng license.
libpng versions 1.2.6, August 15, 2004, through 1.6.3beta10, June 28, 2013, are
libpng versions 1.2.6, August 15, 2004, through 1.6.3beta10, July 2, 2013, are
Copyright (c) 2004,2006-2007 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
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Glenn Randers-Pehrson
glennrp at users.sourceforge.net
June 28, 2013
July 2, 2013
.\" end of man page