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libpng 1.6.50 - July 1, 2025
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This is a public release of libpng, intended for use in production code.
Files available for download
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Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux):
* libpng-1.6.50.tar.xz (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
* libpng-1.6.50.tar.gz (deflate-compressed)
Source files with CRLF line endings (for Windows):
* lpng1650.7z (LZMA-compressed, recommended)
* lpng1650.zip (deflate-compressed)
Other information:
* README.md
* LICENSE.md
* AUTHORS.md
* TRADEMARK.md
Changes from version 1.6.49 to version 1.6.50
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* Improved the detection of the RVV Extension on the RISC-V platform.
(Contributed by Filip Wasil)
* Replaced inline ASM with C intrinsics in the RVV code.
(Contributed by Filip Wasil)
* Fixed a decoder defect in which unknown chunks trailing IDAT, set
to go through the unknown chunk handler, incorrectly triggered
out-of-place IEND errors.
(Contributed by John Bowler)
* Fixed the CMake file for cross-platform builds that require `libm`.
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