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