1 gzip (1.3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * new upstream version, closes: #177942, #225864, #362786, #366660, #367400,
4 #383358, #402042, #404099, #404114, #419895
5 * fix delivery of upstream ChangeLog, closes: #404062
7 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:42 -0400
9 gzip (1.3.9-2) unstable; urgency=low
11 * change direntry ordering in gzip.texi to work around bug in install-info,
14 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:16 -0700
16 gzip (1.3.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
18 * new upstream version, closes: #366660, #403308
19 * clean up a few gratuitous differences from new upstream, leaving
20 only the rsyncable patch and tweaks like zmore always using more
21 * fix spelling error in documentation, closes: #395450
22 * upstream patch for regression uncompressing null input, closes: #403970
24 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:36 -0700
26 gzip (1.3.5-15) unstable; urgency=high
28 * security update, covering the following alerts:
29 CVE-2006-4334 CVE-2006-4335 CVE-2006-4336 CVE-2006-4337 CVE-2006-4338
31 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0600
33 gzip (1.3.5-14) unstable; urgency=medium
35 * update section to match override
36 * patch from Matthew Chapman to avoid deleting input file before we're
37 sure the output file has been written without errors, closes: #366660
38 * patch from Reuben Thomas to fix zgrep return code,
39 closes: #292896, #192891, #190442
40 * enable gzexe compressed files to work on systems where tempfile is not
41 available while retaining preference for tempfile, closes: #334540
43 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:02:27 -0600
45 gzip (1.3.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
47 * patch from Reuben Thomas fixes problem passing zgrep filenames starting
48 with dashes, closes: #342501
49 * fix a spelling error in gzip man page, closes: #356011
50 * document the fact that zless doesn't work with stdin,
51 closes: #320226, #345036
53 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:31:54 -0600
55 gzip (1.3.5-12) unstable; urgency=low
57 * merge patch from Matt Zimmerman for futex hang due to improper signal
58 handling, closes: #310053, #315612
59 * merge patch to add --rsyncable to the man page, closes: #289616, #295721
60 * don't return failing result code on harmless warning, closes: #169669
62 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:10:51 +0300
64 gzip (1.3.5-11) unstable; urgency=low
66 * patch from Peter Samuelson for bashism in zgrep,
67 closes: #314342, #314211, #312380, #310329
69 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:39:11 -0600
71 gzip (1.3.5-10) unstable; urgency=medium
73 * remove PAGER reference from zmore.1, closes: #263792
74 * patch to improve zgrep argument sanitizing (CAN-2005-0758),
76 * patch isolated by Petter Reinholdtsen for CAN-2005-0988, closes: #303927
77 * patch for dir traversal bug (CAN-2005-1228), closes: #305255
78 * up the priority a click because of the security fixes
79 * patch to support cross building, closes: #283730
81 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:34:49 -0600
83 gzip (1.3.5-9) unstable; urgency=low
85 * eliminate the autoconf and automake build dependencies, since they are
86 no longer needed, closes: #250766
87 * improve temp file usage in gzexe, closes: #257314, #259043
88 * have zmore use 'more' instead of honoring $PAGER, to avoid violating
89 the principle of least astonishment, closes: #234212
90 * fix zgrep choke on filenames including a pipe character, closes: #216211
91 * incorporate watch file, closes: #248722
92 * suggest less, since we provide zless, closes: #217925
93 * use signames instead of signumbers for trap calls, closes: #259284
95 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:23:03 -0600
97 gzip (1.3.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
99 * run autoreconf -i to address problem reported with dir.old.gz being
100 included on rebuilds, closes: #249519
101 * change automake build dependency from automake1.7 to automaken
102 * add lintian overrides to squelch the hardlink warnings
103 * fix typo in inflate.c comments, closes: #201881
105 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 23 May 2004 01:07:03 -0600
107 gzip (1.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
109 * patch from David Mosberger to incorporate work done by Sverre Jarp on
110 an ia64 version of match.c content.
112 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:27 -0600
114 gzip (1.3.5-6) unstable; urgency=medium
116 * patch for insecure temp file usage in znew, closes: #193375
118 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:05:11 -0600
120 gzip (1.3.5-5) unstable; urgency=low
122 * apply patch from Anthony Towns that fixes seg faults on alpha during
123 build of Xfree86 at the expense of slightly decreasing the effectiveness
124 of the deflate implementation. closes: #184057, #187417
126 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:23 -0600
128 gzip (1.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
130 * merge patch from Rusty Russell that adds --rsyncable option to gzip.
131 This modifies the output stream to allow rsync to transfer updated .gz
132 files much more effectively. The resulting .gz files should be compatible
133 with the existing gunzip. The plan is that if this works out well for
134 Debian, the functionality will be included in a future upstream gzip
135 release. Closes: #116183, #118118, #134741
137 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:50:23 -0700
139 gzip (1.3.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
141 * upload a fresh version so m68k, et al, will rebuild, closes: #167790
143 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:42 -0700
145 gzip (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
147 * fix gzexe.in again as per what I did for 1.3.2-3 that accidentally got
148 lost when I merged 1.3.5 from upstream... sigh. Closes: #167150
149 * hack on gzip.texi a little harder to squelch warning at install time from
150 Debian's install-info, closes: #164106
152 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:42 -0700
154 gzip (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
156 * new upstream version
157 * fixes a bug in the incorrect-suffix diagnostic, which can lead to a
158 core dump, closes: #152579
159 * removes dangling output symlinks properly, closes: #144759
160 * zless no longer thinks it is zmore in usage message, closes: #121810
161 * zless replaced with a much simpler script, closes: #124097
162 * uses shell pattern matching instead of 'expr', closes: #123295
163 * man page suggests how to use gunzip on zip files, closes: #146019
164 * uses "trap -" to avoid bashism, closes: #140972, #157111
165 * accepts __i386 and __i386__ as synonyms for i386, closes: #152694
166 * fixes printing values greater than 10 * 2**32 bytes, closes: #141189
167 * includes fix for zforce needing -v, closes: #123294
168 * hack gzip.texi so that the Debian install-info doesn't choke on it (grrr),
169 and add texinfo as a build dependency
170 * eliminate things hard-coded in postinst and prerm now handled by debhelper
172 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:05:27 -0600
174 gzip (1.3.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
176 * modify gzexe.in to hard-code /bin/gzip instead of trying to use BINDIR
177 which yields /usr/bin/gzip. Don't use PATH since we have no idea what it
178 might be when the gzexe'd executable gets run. Closes: #119641
180 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:00:59 -0700
182 gzip (1.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
184 * fix silly mistake made when moving man pages from hard to soft links, so
185 man pages for zegrep, zfgrep, and uncompress work again, closes: #118325
187 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:53:40 -0700
189 gzip (1.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
191 * new upstream release, incorporating my diffs to 1.3.1
193 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:47:40 -0700
195 gzip (1.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
197 * add build dependencies on autoconf and automake
198 * fix infodir spec so we install in the build tree, not the system directory
200 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:18:06 -0700
202 gzip (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
204 * new upstream version! From alpha.gnu.org, on the explicit advice of the
205 current upstream maintainers, who are working with Debian to prepare a new
206 stable release that addresses many of the open issues in our BTS.
208 large file support handled in configure, closes: #108612, #83061, #113000
209 it appears the subtle problem with concatenation is fixed, closes: #114591
210 various segfault problems appear fixed, closes: #46312
211 gzip -r issues fixed, closes: #53645, #106186
212 problem with --no-filename option fixed, closes: #59067
213 zgrep -r disallowed - "I did not use the patch as it was not a complete
214 . fix for the problem and I thought it would cause more problems than
215 . it would cure. Instead, I simply disallowed zgrep -r", closes: #81288
216 error message reworded, closes: #76238
217 compression factor output fixed, closes: #80362
218 zgrep -H fixed, closes: #84371
219 permission issue when forced to compress linked file fixed, closes: #88918
220 manpage hardlinks fixed, closes: #94733
221 gzip --help now goes to stdout, closes: #97020
222 zless no longer runs less if file doesn't exist, closes: #109097
223 problem with -best fixed, closes: #17650
224 zgrep now understands --, closes: #28475
225 file size output by gzip fixed for large files, closes: #40721
226 * fix location referenced for GPL on Debian systems, closes: #112095
227 * move install-info remove call from from postrm to prerm
229 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:01:02 -0700
231 gzip (1.2.4-33) unstable; urgency=low
233 * update to current policy
235 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:10:58 -0700
237 gzip (1.2.4-32) unstable; urgency=low
239 * update prototype for and definition of basename function for compatibility
240 with glibc2.0, still in use on m68k. Closes: #45058
242 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:01:47 -0600
244 gzip (1.2.4-31) unstable; urgency=medium
246 * fix problems I induced while merging the upstream patch in the last upload,
247 most notably omitting zless from the package.
248 Closes: #44883, #44885, #44890, #44882, #44887, #44895, #44896
250 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:06:00 -0600
252 gzip (1.2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
254 * upstream patch, closes: #28872
255 1998-11-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
256 gzip.c (get_method): Don't complain about trailing zeros at
257 the end of a gzipped file, as they're commonly appended to fill
258 out a block (e.g. by GNU tar).
259 * update to FHS compliance
261 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:34:07 -0600
263 gzip (1.2.4-29) unstable; urgency=low
265 * apply patch from Vincent Renardias that improves behavior when trying to
266 decompress a corrupted .gz file. Closes 7472, 16385
268 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:50:12 -0700
270 gzip (1.2.4-28) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
272 * patch zforce to make it work at all, closes 22760
273 * patch to fix decompression of concatenated gzip files, closes 30537
275 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:43:09 -0700
277 gzip (1.2.4-27) frozen unstable; urgency=low
279 * patch from Jean-loup (upstream maintainer) for zgrep.in to fix the
280 problems with -A and -B successfully passing to grep. Closes 21209.
282 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:47:15 -0600
284 gzip (1.2.4-26) frozen unstable; urgency=low
286 * fix FSF address in copyright file, lintian now reports no errors
287 * minor tweak to Makefile to fix warnings during dh_installmanpages run
289 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:40:48 -0700
291 gzip (1.2.4-25) frozen unstable; urgency=low
293 * update znew.in and zdiff.in to do save tempfile handling, closes 19794
295 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:48:26 -0700
297 gzip (1.2.4-24) unstable; urgency=low
299 * minor fix for complaints about short files, closes 19159
301 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:21:50 -0700
303 gzip (1.2.4-23) unstable; urgency=high
305 * respond to security advisory from Alan Cox via Christian Hudon, fixes
306 an obscure possibility to get gzip to execute code
308 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:16:59 -0700
310 gzip (1.2.4-22) unstable; urgency=high
312 * gzexe modified to use tempfile in response to security advisory
314 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:30:20 -0700
316 gzip (1.2.4-21) unstable; urgency=low
318 * fix from the upstream maintainer for voluminous "Broken Pipe" messages
319 when using 'zgrep -l' or equivalent. Closes bug 15178.
321 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
323 gzip (1.2.4-20) unstable; urgency=low
325 * freshen rules file to match current debhelper
326 * improve handling of undocumented executables. Closes bug 13578.
328 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
330 gzip (1.2.4-19) unstable; urgency=low
332 * change dependency to Pre-Depends, to keep dpkg from getting hosed during
333 libc6 upgrades. Closes 15091.
334 * switch from debmake to debhelper. In the process, closes 15412.
336 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:42:49 -0700
338 gzip (1.2.4-18) unstable; urgency=low
340 * don't install INSTALL in the doc directory, closes bug 13224.
342 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
344 gzip (1.2.4-17) unstable; urgency=low
346 * fix distribution problem in changelog file
348 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
350 gzip (1.2.4-16) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
353 * tweaks to rules file to install Changelog, closes bug 12488
355 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:46:28 -0600
357 gzip (1.2.4-15) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
359 * fix minor security issue - race condition reported on bugtraq list
360 * rework debian/rules to build with debugging then strip
362 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:14:44 -0700
364 gzip (1.2.4-14) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
366 * The -13 upload was built against a libc5 too new for 'stable'.
368 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:37:31 -0700
370 gzip (1.2.4-13) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
372 * Fix missing "essential" flag on package, lost during standards update.
373 * Push this version back into stable to solve the 'compress' link problem.
375 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:14:14 -0700
377 gzip (1.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low
381 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 02 Nov 1996 14:47:42 -0800
384 Thu Jul 18 01:30:22 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
386 * add zegrep and zfgrep links in /usr/bin (Bug#3326)
387 * add an extended description (Bug#3591)
388 * tweak control files to use dpkg-name, etc.
390 Fri May 24 07:37:54 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
392 * don't provide a 'compress' link since it breaks things, but provide
393 an 'uncompress' link since it's useful.
394 * fix some administrivia
396 Sun Apr 14 20:39:19 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
398 * change gzexe.in to not use BINDIR, but assume gzip is in PATH
399 * add Architecture field in the control file
401 Wed Jan 17 00:07:00 MST 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
403 * switch targets in the Makefile to also install the links called
404 'compress' and 'uncompress' since some utilities care about these,
405 and we're unlikely to ever have a 'compress' package because of the
406 intellectual property issues.
408 Sat Dec 2 23:45:40 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
411 * add 'zless' as a near-clone of 'zmore', closes bug 1776
412 * unable to duplicate bug 1090, something has improved since then?
413 * add libc5 dependency