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Date:	Sat, 31 Dec 2022 18:55:09 +0100
From:	"Juan Manuel Guerrero (juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de) [via djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject:	ANNOUNCE: DJGPP port of Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) Library
	1.3.4 uploaded.
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This is a port of Free Lossless Audio Codec Library 1.3.4 to MSDOS/DJGPP.


FLAC is an Open Source lossless audio codec.
FLAC is comprised of
  * `libFLAC', a library which implements reference encoders and
    decoders for native FLAC and Ogg FLAC, and a metadata interface
  * `libFLAC++', a C++ object wrapper library around libFLAC
  * `flac', a command-line program for encoding and decoding files
  * `metaflac', a command-line program for viewing and editing FLAC
    metadata
  * player plugin for XMMS
  * user and API documentation

The libraries (libFLAC, libFLAC++) are licensed under Xiph.org's
BSD-like license (see COPYING.Xiph).  All other programs and plugins
 are licensed under the GNU General Public License.  The documentation
is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.




  DJGPP specific changes.
  =======================

  - The port does not support being compiled with assembler optimized
    code.  This also includes disabling SSE support.

  - The port also does not support being compiled with XMMS (X MultiMedia
    System) support.

  - The reading/writing stream is switched into O_BINARY mode.  If the
    stream is connected to stdin/stdout/TTY, then Ctrl-C and Ctrl-Break
    are re-enabled so the user can interrupt the program.

  - Apart from those changes there are no other user visible ones.  Only
    some small changes have been done to get the library configured and
    compiled.

  - Not all tests of the test suite will pass.  There are 64 bit issues
    that I have no plans to fix.  Also the test suite requires a port of
    the "which" program and a port of the "dd" program that supports /dev/zero.
    AFAIK, all this is not available for DJGPP.  The test scripts have
    been adjusted to not terminate in case of error.  Instead they will
    output a message like this:
      Expected to fail with DJGPP
    and some test specific error message will follow.  The test suite
    runs for around 30 min. in a virtual machine with Win98SE as OS.
    On plain DOS this may take even much more time.

  - To build and use this port the latest DJGPP ports of libogg and
    libvorbis:
      http://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/logg135b.zip
      http://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/lvbs137b.zip
    must be installed.

  - Because the library name libFLAC++ and the directory name Flac++ are
    illicit on plain DOS, they have been renamed to libFLACXX and Flacxx.
    This has the consecuence that Makefiles that use this library must be
    adjusted accordingly if this port shall be used.

  - To configure and compile this port at least the following version of
    Bash, Make and pkg-config are required:
      http://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/bsh4253b.zip
      http://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/mak43br2.zip
      http://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/pkc023b.zip
    No previous versions will work nor are supported.  Any future version
    should work.

  - Newer versions of the FLAC library like 1.4.N have issues that I was
    not able to solve so I will not port them to DJGPP.

  - The port has been configured and compiled on WinXP SP3, Win98SE and
    MSDOS 6.22 with DOSLFN v0.41f.  There is no guarantee that this may
    be possible with any other DOS-like OS.  Due to the use of long file
    names it will not be possible to configure and compile without LFN
    support.  The port has been compiled using gcc346 and bnu2351b.

  As usual, all djgpp specific files (diffs, README files, etc.) are stored
  in the "djgpp" directory.  The sources have been configured to be build
  in the "0build" directory.  If for some reason it does not work for you,
  delete its contents and configure from scratch again.

  Please read the docs to become familiar with this product.


  Here is an extract of the Changelog file showing the user visible changes
  from the last port (Free Lossless Audio Codec Library 0.0.0) to this one:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is the first port.  Read the documentation.


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------




  The port consists of the usual two packages that have been produced using
  djdev20X (CVS repository code) and can be downloaded from ftp.delorie.com
  and mirrors as (time stamp 2022-10-24):


    Free Lossless Audio Codec Library 1.3.4 headers, library and html format documentation:
    http://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/lflc134b.zip

    Free Lossless Audio Codec Library 1.3.4 source:
    http://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/lflc134s.zip



  Send Free Lossless Audio Codec Library specific bug reports to
  <http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/flac-dev>.
  Send suggestions and bug reports concerning the DJGPP port
  to comp.os.msdos.djgpp or <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>.


Enjoy.

    Guerrero, Juan Manuel <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>

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