Here is a new zlib release. This fixes http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/18608 and other things mentioned in the following changelog: Changes in 1.2.4 (14 Mar 2010) - Fix VER3 extraction in configure for no fourth subversion - Update zlib.3, add docs to Makefile.in to make .pdf out of it - Add zlib.3.pdf to distribution - Don't set error code in gzerror() if passed pointer is NULL - Apply destination directory fixes to CMakeLists.txt [Lowman] - Move #cmakedefine's to a new zconf.in.cmakein - Restore zconf.h for builds that don't use configure or cmake - Add distclean to dummy Makefile for convenience - Update and improve INDEX, README, and FAQ - Update CMakeLists.txt for the return of zconf.h [Lowman] - Update contrib/vstudio/vc9 and vc10 [Vollant] - Change libz.dll.a back to libzdll.a in win32/Makefile.gcc - Apply license and readme changes to contrib/asm686 [Raiter] - Check file name lengths and add -c option in minigzip.c [Li] - Update contrib/amd64 and contrib/masmx86/ [Vollant] - Avoid use of "eof" parameter in trees.c to not shadow library variable - Update make_vms.com for removal of zlibdefs.h [Zinser] - Update assembler code and vstudio projects in contrib [Vollant] - Remove outdated assembler code contrib/masm686 and contrib/asm586 - Remove old vc7 and vc8 from contrib/vstudio - Update win32/Makefile.msc, add ZLIB_VER_SUBREVISION [Rowe] - Fix memory leaks in gzclose_r() and gzclose_w(), file leak in gz_open() - Add contrib/gcc_gvmat64 for longest_match and inflate_fast [Vollant] - Remove *64 functions from win32/zlib.def (they're not 64-bit yet) - Fix bug in void-returning vsprintf() case in gzwrite.c - Fix name change from inflate.h in contrib/inflate86/inffas86.c - Check if temporary file exists before removing in make_vms.com [Zinser] - Fix make install and uninstall for --static option - Fix usage of _MSC_VER in gzguts.h and zutil.h [Truta] - Update readme.txt in contrib/masmx64 and masmx86 to assemble Please sign off, Pierre -- Pierre Schmitz, https://users.archlinux.de/~pierre