1 gzip (1.3.12-7) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * improve package descriptions, remove ancient package relationship spec
4 in control file, closes: #484547
6 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:26 -0600
8 gzip (1.3.12-6) unstable; urgency=low
10 * strip the win32 gzip.exe binary during install, closes: #464455
11 * patch from Reuben Thomas for the zless.1 man page with pointers to
12 lessfile and lesspipe, which are a better solution than zless in most
13 cases... closes: #46787, #51162
14 * fix FTBFS when using gcc-4.3, closes: #476031
15 * remove the preinst since the --assert-support-predepends check should
16 no longer be necessary
18 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:26 -0600
20 gzip (1.3.12-5) unstable; urgency=low
22 * patch for zgrep.in from Daniel Kobras, closes: #434429
23 * patch from upstream to fix compilation with mingw32, and patch from
24 Robert Millan to build a win32 executable if mingw32 is available, all
25 to fix a preseeding problem in the win32-loader for Debian Installer.
28 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:46:42 -0700
30 gzip (1.3.12-4) unstable; urgency=low
32 * incorporate diffs from NMUs, closes: #434275, #433845, #438675
33 * define UNALIGNED_OK when building for amd64, closes: #386356
35 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:48:37 -0700
37 gzip (1.3.12-3.2) unstable; urgency=low
39 * Non-maintainer upload.
40 * Stop zdiff from dropping cmp's output. Patch thanks to Jorg-Volker Peetz
43 -- Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:50:29 +1000
45 gzip (1.3.12-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
47 * Non-maintainer upload.
48 * Rename futimens to gz_futimens, since glibc now defines an futimens
49 function with a different prototype. Closes: #433845.
50 * Urgency medium for the RC bug fix.
52 -- Daniel Schepler <schepler@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:52 -0400
54 gzip (1.3.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
56 * fix bindir so gunzip, et al, work again, closes: #429462
58 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:08:59 +0100
60 gzip (1.3.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
62 * fix typo in gzip fprintf, closes: #426965
63 * revert my zgrep.in patch since upstream handles alternates differently now
65 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:17:37 -0400
67 gzip (1.3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
69 * new upstream version, closes: #177942, #225864, #362786, #366660, #367400,
70 #383358, #402042, #404099, #404114, #419895
71 * fix delivery of upstream ChangeLog, closes: #404062
73 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:42 -0400
75 gzip (1.3.9-2) unstable; urgency=low
77 * change direntry ordering in gzip.texi to work around bug in install-info,
80 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:16 -0700
82 gzip (1.3.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
84 * new upstream version, closes: #366660, #403308
85 * clean up a few gratuitous differences from new upstream, leaving
86 only the rsyncable patch and tweaks like zmore always using more
87 * fix spelling error in documentation, closes: #395450
88 * upstream patch for regression uncompressing null input, closes: #403970
90 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:36 -0700
92 gzip (1.3.5-15) unstable; urgency=high
94 * security update, covering the following alerts:
95 CVE-2006-4334 CVE-2006-4335 CVE-2006-4336 CVE-2006-4337 CVE-2006-4338
97 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0600
99 gzip (1.3.5-14) unstable; urgency=medium
101 * update section to match override
102 * patch from Matthew Chapman to avoid deleting input file before we're
103 sure the output file has been written without errors, closes: #366660
104 * patch from Reuben Thomas to fix zgrep return code,
105 closes: #292896, #192891, #190442
106 * enable gzexe compressed files to work on systems where tempfile is not
107 available while retaining preference for tempfile, closes: #334540
109 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:02:27 -0600
111 gzip (1.3.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
113 * patch from Reuben Thomas fixes problem passing zgrep filenames starting
114 with dashes, closes: #342501
115 * fix a spelling error in gzip man page, closes: #356011
116 * document the fact that zless doesn't work with stdin,
117 closes: #320226, #345036
119 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:31:54 -0600
121 gzip (1.3.5-12) unstable; urgency=low
123 * merge patch from Matt Zimmerman for futex hang due to improper signal
124 handling, closes: #310053, #315612
125 * merge patch to add --rsyncable to the man page, closes: #289616, #295721
126 * don't return failing result code on harmless warning, closes: #169669
128 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:10:51 +0300
130 gzip (1.3.5-11) unstable; urgency=low
132 * patch from Peter Samuelson for bashism in zgrep,
133 closes: #314342, #314211, #312380, #310329
135 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:39:11 -0600
137 gzip (1.3.5-10) unstable; urgency=medium
139 * remove PAGER reference from zmore.1, closes: #263792
140 * patch to improve zgrep argument sanitizing (CAN-2005-0758),
142 * patch isolated by Petter Reinholdtsen for CAN-2005-0988, closes: #303927
143 * patch for dir traversal bug (CAN-2005-1228), closes: #305255
144 * up the priority a click because of the security fixes
145 * patch to support cross building, closes: #283730
147 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:34:49 -0600
149 gzip (1.3.5-9) unstable; urgency=low
151 * eliminate the autoconf and automake build dependencies, since they are
152 no longer needed, closes: #250766
153 * improve temp file usage in gzexe, closes: #257314, #259043
154 * have zmore use 'more' instead of honoring $PAGER, to avoid violating
155 the principle of least astonishment, closes: #234212
156 * fix zgrep choke on filenames including a pipe character, closes: #216211
157 * incorporate watch file, closes: #248722
158 * suggest less, since we provide zless, closes: #217925
159 * use signames instead of signumbers for trap calls, closes: #259284
161 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:23:03 -0600
163 gzip (1.3.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
165 * run autoreconf -i to address problem reported with dir.old.gz being
166 included on rebuilds, closes: #249519
167 * change automake build dependency from automake1.7 to automaken
168 * add lintian overrides to squelch the hardlink warnings
169 * fix typo in inflate.c comments, closes: #201881
171 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 23 May 2004 01:07:03 -0600
173 gzip (1.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
175 * patch from David Mosberger to incorporate work done by Sverre Jarp on
176 an ia64 version of match.c content.
178 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:27 -0600
180 gzip (1.3.5-6) unstable; urgency=medium
182 * patch for insecure temp file usage in znew, closes: #193375
184 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:05:11 -0600
186 gzip (1.3.5-5) unstable; urgency=low
188 * apply patch from Anthony Towns that fixes seg faults on alpha during
189 build of Xfree86 at the expense of slightly decreasing the effectiveness
190 of the deflate implementation. closes: #184057, #187417
192 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:23 -0600
194 gzip (1.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
196 * merge patch from Rusty Russell that adds --rsyncable option to gzip.
197 This modifies the output stream to allow rsync to transfer updated .gz
198 files much more effectively. The resulting .gz files should be compatible
199 with the existing gunzip. The plan is that if this works out well for
200 Debian, the functionality will be included in a future upstream gzip
201 release. Closes: #116183, #118118, #134741
203 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:50:23 -0700
205 gzip (1.3.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
207 * upload a fresh version so m68k, et al, will rebuild, closes: #167790
209 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:42 -0700
211 gzip (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
213 * fix gzexe.in again as per what I did for 1.3.2-3 that accidentally got
214 lost when I merged 1.3.5 from upstream... sigh. Closes: #167150
215 * hack on gzip.texi a little harder to squelch warning at install time from
216 Debian's install-info, closes: #164106
218 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:42 -0700
220 gzip (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
222 * new upstream version
223 * fixes a bug in the incorrect-suffix diagnostic, which can lead to a
224 core dump, closes: #152579
225 * removes dangling output symlinks properly, closes: #144759
226 * zless no longer thinks it is zmore in usage message, closes: #121810
227 * zless replaced with a much simpler script, closes: #124097
228 * uses shell pattern matching instead of 'expr', closes: #123295
229 * man page suggests how to use gunzip on zip files, closes: #146019
230 * uses "trap -" to avoid bashism, closes: #140972, #157111
231 * accepts __i386 and __i386__ as synonyms for i386, closes: #152694
232 * fixes printing values greater than 10 * 2**32 bytes, closes: #141189
233 * includes fix for zforce needing -v, closes: #123294
234 * hack gzip.texi so that the Debian install-info doesn't choke on it (grrr),
235 and add texinfo as a build dependency
236 * eliminate things hard-coded in postinst and prerm now handled by debhelper
238 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:05:27 -0600
240 gzip (1.3.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
242 * modify gzexe.in to hard-code /bin/gzip instead of trying to use BINDIR
243 which yields /usr/bin/gzip. Don't use PATH since we have no idea what it
244 might be when the gzexe'd executable gets run. Closes: #119641
246 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:00:59 -0700
248 gzip (1.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
250 * fix silly mistake made when moving man pages from hard to soft links, so
251 man pages for zegrep, zfgrep, and uncompress work again, closes: #118325
253 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:53:40 -0700
255 gzip (1.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
257 * new upstream release, incorporating my diffs to 1.3.1
259 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:47:40 -0700
261 gzip (1.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
263 * add build dependencies on autoconf and automake
264 * fix infodir spec so we install in the build tree, not the system directory
266 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:18:06 -0700
268 gzip (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
270 * new upstream version! From alpha.gnu.org, on the explicit advice of the
271 current upstream maintainers, who are working with Debian to prepare a new
272 stable release that addresses many of the open issues in our BTS.
274 large file support handled in configure, closes: #108612, #83061, #113000
275 it appears the subtle problem with concatenation is fixed, closes: #114591
276 various segfault problems appear fixed, closes: #46312
277 gzip -r issues fixed, closes: #53645, #106186
278 problem with --no-filename option fixed, closes: #59067
279 zgrep -r disallowed - "I did not use the patch as it was not a complete
280 . fix for the problem and I thought it would cause more problems than
281 . it would cure. Instead, I simply disallowed zgrep -r", closes: #81288
282 error message reworded, closes: #76238
283 compression factor output fixed, closes: #80362
284 zgrep -H fixed, closes: #84371
285 permission issue when forced to compress linked file fixed, closes: #88918
286 manpage hardlinks fixed, closes: #94733
287 gzip --help now goes to stdout, closes: #97020
288 zless no longer runs less if file doesn't exist, closes: #109097
289 problem with -best fixed, closes: #17650
290 zgrep now understands --, closes: #28475
291 file size output by gzip fixed for large files, closes: #40721
292 * fix location referenced for GPL on Debian systems, closes: #112095
293 * move install-info remove call from from postrm to prerm
295 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:01:02 -0700
297 gzip (1.2.4-33) unstable; urgency=low
299 * update to current policy
301 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:10:58 -0700
303 gzip (1.2.4-32) unstable; urgency=low
305 * update prototype for and definition of basename function for compatibility
306 with glibc2.0, still in use on m68k. Closes: #45058
308 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:01:47 -0600
310 gzip (1.2.4-31) unstable; urgency=medium
312 * fix problems I induced while merging the upstream patch in the last upload,
313 most notably omitting zless from the package.
314 Closes: #44883, #44885, #44890, #44882, #44887, #44895, #44896
316 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:06:00 -0600
318 gzip (1.2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
320 * upstream patch, closes: #28872
321 1998-11-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
322 gzip.c (get_method): Don't complain about trailing zeros at
323 the end of a gzipped file, as they're commonly appended to fill
324 out a block (e.g. by GNU tar).
325 * update to FHS compliance
327 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:34:07 -0600
329 gzip (1.2.4-29) unstable; urgency=low
331 * apply patch from Vincent Renardias that improves behavior when trying to
332 decompress a corrupted .gz file. Closes 7472, 16385
334 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:50:12 -0700
336 gzip (1.2.4-28) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
338 * patch zforce to make it work at all, closes 22760
339 * patch to fix decompression of concatenated gzip files, closes 30537
341 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:43:09 -0700
343 gzip (1.2.4-27) frozen unstable; urgency=low
345 * patch from Jean-loup (upstream maintainer) for zgrep.in to fix the
346 problems with -A and -B successfully passing to grep. Closes 21209.
348 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:47:15 -0600
350 gzip (1.2.4-26) frozen unstable; urgency=low
352 * fix FSF address in copyright file, lintian now reports no errors
353 * minor tweak to Makefile to fix warnings during dh_installmanpages run
355 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:40:48 -0700
357 gzip (1.2.4-25) frozen unstable; urgency=low
359 * update znew.in and zdiff.in to do save tempfile handling, closes 19794
361 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:48:26 -0700
363 gzip (1.2.4-24) unstable; urgency=low
365 * minor fix for complaints about short files, closes 19159
367 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:21:50 -0700
369 gzip (1.2.4-23) unstable; urgency=high
371 * respond to security advisory from Alan Cox via Christian Hudon, fixes
372 an obscure possibility to get gzip to execute code
374 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:16:59 -0700
376 gzip (1.2.4-22) unstable; urgency=high
378 * gzexe modified to use tempfile in response to security advisory
380 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:30:20 -0700
382 gzip (1.2.4-21) unstable; urgency=low
384 * fix from the upstream maintainer for voluminous "Broken Pipe" messages
385 when using 'zgrep -l' or equivalent. Closes bug 15178.
387 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
389 gzip (1.2.4-20) unstable; urgency=low
391 * freshen rules file to match current debhelper
392 * improve handling of undocumented executables. Closes bug 13578.
394 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
396 gzip (1.2.4-19) unstable; urgency=low
398 * change dependency to Pre-Depends, to keep dpkg from getting hosed during
399 libc6 upgrades. Closes 15091.
400 * switch from debmake to debhelper. In the process, closes 15412.
402 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:42:49 -0700
404 gzip (1.2.4-18) unstable; urgency=low
406 * don't install INSTALL in the doc directory, closes bug 13224.
408 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
410 gzip (1.2.4-17) unstable; urgency=low
412 * fix distribution problem in changelog file
414 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
416 gzip (1.2.4-16) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
419 * tweaks to rules file to install Changelog, closes bug 12488
421 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:46:28 -0600
423 gzip (1.2.4-15) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
425 * fix minor security issue - race condition reported on bugtraq list
426 * rework debian/rules to build with debugging then strip
428 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:14:44 -0700
430 gzip (1.2.4-14) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
432 * The -13 upload was built against a libc5 too new for 'stable'.
434 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:37:31 -0700
436 gzip (1.2.4-13) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
438 * Fix missing "essential" flag on package, lost during standards update.
439 * Push this version back into stable to solve the 'compress' link problem.
441 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:14:14 -0700
443 gzip (1.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low
447 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 02 Nov 1996 14:47:42 -0800
450 Thu Jul 18 01:30:22 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
452 * add zegrep and zfgrep links in /usr/bin (Bug#3326)
453 * add an extended description (Bug#3591)
454 * tweak control files to use dpkg-name, etc.
456 Fri May 24 07:37:54 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
458 * don't provide a 'compress' link since it breaks things, but provide
459 an 'uncompress' link since it's useful.
460 * fix some administrivia
462 Sun Apr 14 20:39:19 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
464 * change gzexe.in to not use BINDIR, but assume gzip is in PATH
465 * add Architecture field in the control file
467 Wed Jan 17 00:07:00 MST 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
469 * switch targets in the Makefile to also install the links called
470 'compress' and 'uncompress' since some utilities care about these,
471 and we're unlikely to ever have a 'compress' package because of the
472 intellectual property issues.
474 Sat Dec 2 23:45:40 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
477 * add 'zless' as a near-clone of 'zmore', closes bug 1776
478 * unable to duplicate bug 1090, something has improved since then?
479 * add libc5 dependency