1 gzip (1.3.12-8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Add Carl Worth as an uploader.
4 * Fix "-f -" to work with zgrep, closes: #168606
5 * Avoid creating undersized hufts table, closes #507263
7 -- Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:54:37 -0800
9 gzip (1.3.12-7) unstable; urgency=low
11 * improve package descriptions, remove ancient package relationship spec
12 in control file, closes: #484547
14 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:54:48 -0700
16 gzip (1.3.12-6) unstable; urgency=low
18 * strip the win32 gzip.exe binary during install, closes: #464455
19 * patch from Reuben Thomas for the zless.1 man page with pointers to
20 lessfile and lesspipe, which are a better solution than zless in most
21 cases... closes: #46787, #51162
22 * fix FTBFS when using gcc-4.3, closes: #476031
23 * remove the preinst since the --assert-support-predepends check should
24 no longer be necessary
26 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:26 -0600
28 gzip (1.3.12-5) unstable; urgency=low
30 * patch for zgrep.in from Daniel Kobras, closes: #434429
31 * patch from upstream to fix compilation with mingw32, and patch from
32 Robert Millan to build a win32 executable if mingw32 is available, all
33 to fix a preseeding problem in the win32-loader for Debian Installer.
36 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:46:42 -0700
38 gzip (1.3.12-4) unstable; urgency=low
40 * incorporate diffs from NMUs, closes: #434275, #433845, #438675
41 * define UNALIGNED_OK when building for amd64, closes: #386356
43 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:48:37 -0700
45 gzip (1.3.12-3.2) unstable; urgency=low
47 * Non-maintainer upload.
48 * Stop zdiff from dropping cmp's output. Patch thanks to Jorg-Volker Peetz
51 -- Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:50:29 +1000
53 gzip (1.3.12-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
55 * Non-maintainer upload.
56 * Rename futimens to gz_futimens, since glibc now defines an futimens
57 function with a different prototype. Closes: #433845.
58 * Urgency medium for the RC bug fix.
60 -- Daniel Schepler <schepler@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:52 -0400
62 gzip (1.3.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
64 * fix bindir so gunzip, et al, work again, closes: #429462
66 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:08:59 +0100
68 gzip (1.3.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
70 * fix typo in gzip fprintf, closes: #426965
71 * revert my zgrep.in patch since upstream handles alternates differently now
73 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:17:37 -0400
75 gzip (1.3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
77 * new upstream version, closes: #177942, #225864, #362786, #366660, #367400,
78 #383358, #402042, #404099, #404114, #419895
79 * fix delivery of upstream ChangeLog, closes: #404062
81 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:42 -0400
83 gzip (1.3.9-2) unstable; urgency=low
85 * change direntry ordering in gzip.texi to work around bug in install-info,
88 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:16 -0700
90 gzip (1.3.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
92 * new upstream version, closes: #366660, #403308
93 * clean up a few gratuitous differences from new upstream, leaving
94 only the rsyncable patch and tweaks like zmore always using more
95 * fix spelling error in documentation, closes: #395450
96 * upstream patch for regression uncompressing null input, closes: #403970
98 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:36 -0700
100 gzip (1.3.5-15) unstable; urgency=high
102 * security update, covering the following alerts:
103 CVE-2006-4334 CVE-2006-4335 CVE-2006-4336 CVE-2006-4337 CVE-2006-4338
105 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0600
107 gzip (1.3.5-14) unstable; urgency=medium
109 * update section to match override
110 * patch from Matthew Chapman to avoid deleting input file before we're
111 sure the output file has been written without errors, closes: #366660
112 * patch from Reuben Thomas to fix zgrep return code,
113 closes: #292896, #192891, #190442
114 * enable gzexe compressed files to work on systems where tempfile is not
115 available while retaining preference for tempfile, closes: #334540
117 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:02:27 -0600
119 gzip (1.3.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
121 * patch from Reuben Thomas fixes problem passing zgrep filenames starting
122 with dashes, closes: #342501
123 * fix a spelling error in gzip man page, closes: #356011
124 * document the fact that zless doesn't work with stdin,
125 closes: #320226, #345036
127 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:31:54 -0600
129 gzip (1.3.5-12) unstable; urgency=low
131 * merge patch from Matt Zimmerman for futex hang due to improper signal
132 handling, closes: #310053, #315612
133 * merge patch to add --rsyncable to the man page, closes: #289616, #295721
134 * don't return failing result code on harmless warning, closes: #169669
136 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:10:51 +0300
138 gzip (1.3.5-11) unstable; urgency=low
140 * patch from Peter Samuelson for bashism in zgrep,
141 closes: #314342, #314211, #312380, #310329
143 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:39:11 -0600
145 gzip (1.3.5-10) unstable; urgency=medium
147 * remove PAGER reference from zmore.1, closes: #263792
148 * patch to improve zgrep argument sanitizing (CAN-2005-0758),
150 * patch isolated by Petter Reinholdtsen for CAN-2005-0988, closes: #303927
151 * patch for dir traversal bug (CAN-2005-1228), closes: #305255
152 * up the priority a click because of the security fixes
153 * patch to support cross building, closes: #283730
155 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:34:49 -0600
157 gzip (1.3.5-9) unstable; urgency=low
159 * eliminate the autoconf and automake build dependencies, since they are
160 no longer needed, closes: #250766
161 * improve temp file usage in gzexe, closes: #257314, #259043
162 * have zmore use 'more' instead of honoring $PAGER, to avoid violating
163 the principle of least astonishment, closes: #234212
164 * fix zgrep choke on filenames including a pipe character, closes: #216211
165 * incorporate watch file, closes: #248722
166 * suggest less, since we provide zless, closes: #217925
167 * use signames instead of signumbers for trap calls, closes: #259284
169 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:23:03 -0600
171 gzip (1.3.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
173 * run autoreconf -i to address problem reported with dir.old.gz being
174 included on rebuilds, closes: #249519
175 * change automake build dependency from automake1.7 to automaken
176 * add lintian overrides to squelch the hardlink warnings
177 * fix typo in inflate.c comments, closes: #201881
179 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 23 May 2004 01:07:03 -0600
181 gzip (1.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
183 * patch from David Mosberger to incorporate work done by Sverre Jarp on
184 an ia64 version of match.c content.
186 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:27 -0600
188 gzip (1.3.5-6) unstable; urgency=medium
190 * patch for insecure temp file usage in znew, closes: #193375
192 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:05:11 -0600
194 gzip (1.3.5-5) unstable; urgency=low
196 * apply patch from Anthony Towns that fixes seg faults on alpha during
197 build of Xfree86 at the expense of slightly decreasing the effectiveness
198 of the deflate implementation. closes: #184057, #187417
200 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:23 -0600
202 gzip (1.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
204 * merge patch from Rusty Russell that adds --rsyncable option to gzip.
205 This modifies the output stream to allow rsync to transfer updated .gz
206 files much more effectively. The resulting .gz files should be compatible
207 with the existing gunzip. The plan is that if this works out well for
208 Debian, the functionality will be included in a future upstream gzip
209 release. Closes: #116183, #118118, #134741
211 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:50:23 -0700
213 gzip (1.3.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
215 * upload a fresh version so m68k, et al, will rebuild, closes: #167790
217 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:42 -0700
219 gzip (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
221 * fix gzexe.in again as per what I did for 1.3.2-3 that accidentally got
222 lost when I merged 1.3.5 from upstream... sigh. Closes: #167150
223 * hack on gzip.texi a little harder to squelch warning at install time from
224 Debian's install-info, closes: #164106
226 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:42 -0700
228 gzip (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
230 * new upstream version
231 * fixes a bug in the incorrect-suffix diagnostic, which can lead to a
232 core dump, closes: #152579
233 * removes dangling output symlinks properly, closes: #144759
234 * zless no longer thinks it is zmore in usage message, closes: #121810
235 * zless replaced with a much simpler script, closes: #124097
236 * uses shell pattern matching instead of 'expr', closes: #123295
237 * man page suggests how to use gunzip on zip files, closes: #146019
238 * uses "trap -" to avoid bashism, closes: #140972, #157111
239 * accepts __i386 and __i386__ as synonyms for i386, closes: #152694
240 * fixes printing values greater than 10 * 2**32 bytes, closes: #141189
241 * includes fix for zforce needing -v, closes: #123294
242 * hack gzip.texi so that the Debian install-info doesn't choke on it (grrr),
243 and add texinfo as a build dependency
244 * eliminate things hard-coded in postinst and prerm now handled by debhelper
246 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:05:27 -0600
248 gzip (1.3.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
250 * modify gzexe.in to hard-code /bin/gzip instead of trying to use BINDIR
251 which yields /usr/bin/gzip. Don't use PATH since we have no idea what it
252 might be when the gzexe'd executable gets run. Closes: #119641
254 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:00:59 -0700
256 gzip (1.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
258 * fix silly mistake made when moving man pages from hard to soft links, so
259 man pages for zegrep, zfgrep, and uncompress work again, closes: #118325
261 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:53:40 -0700
263 gzip (1.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
265 * new upstream release, incorporating my diffs to 1.3.1
267 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:47:40 -0700
269 gzip (1.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
271 * add build dependencies on autoconf and automake
272 * fix infodir spec so we install in the build tree, not the system directory
274 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:18:06 -0700
276 gzip (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
278 * new upstream version! From alpha.gnu.org, on the explicit advice of the
279 current upstream maintainers, who are working with Debian to prepare a new
280 stable release that addresses many of the open issues in our BTS.
282 large file support handled in configure, closes: #108612, #83061, #113000
283 it appears the subtle problem with concatenation is fixed, closes: #114591
284 various segfault problems appear fixed, closes: #46312
285 gzip -r issues fixed, closes: #53645, #106186
286 problem with --no-filename option fixed, closes: #59067
287 zgrep -r disallowed - "I did not use the patch as it was not a complete
288 . fix for the problem and I thought it would cause more problems than
289 . it would cure. Instead, I simply disallowed zgrep -r", closes: #81288
290 error message reworded, closes: #76238
291 compression factor output fixed, closes: #80362
292 zgrep -H fixed, closes: #84371
293 permission issue when forced to compress linked file fixed, closes: #88918
294 manpage hardlinks fixed, closes: #94733
295 gzip --help now goes to stdout, closes: #97020
296 zless no longer runs less if file doesn't exist, closes: #109097
297 problem with -best fixed, closes: #17650
298 zgrep now understands --, closes: #28475
299 file size output by gzip fixed for large files, closes: #40721
300 * fix location referenced for GPL on Debian systems, closes: #112095
301 * move install-info remove call from from postrm to prerm
303 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:01:02 -0700
305 gzip (1.2.4-33) unstable; urgency=low
307 * update to current policy
309 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:10:58 -0700
311 gzip (1.2.4-32) unstable; urgency=low
313 * update prototype for and definition of basename function for compatibility
314 with glibc2.0, still in use on m68k. Closes: #45058
316 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:01:47 -0600
318 gzip (1.2.4-31) unstable; urgency=medium
320 * fix problems I induced while merging the upstream patch in the last upload,
321 most notably omitting zless from the package.
322 Closes: #44883, #44885, #44890, #44882, #44887, #44895, #44896
324 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:06:00 -0600
326 gzip (1.2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
328 * upstream patch, closes: #28872
329 1998-11-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
330 gzip.c (get_method): Don't complain about trailing zeros at
331 the end of a gzipped file, as they're commonly appended to fill
332 out a block (e.g. by GNU tar).
333 * update to FHS compliance
335 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:34:07 -0600
337 gzip (1.2.4-29) unstable; urgency=low
339 * apply patch from Vincent Renardias that improves behavior when trying to
340 decompress a corrupted .gz file. Closes 7472, 16385
342 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:50:12 -0700
344 gzip (1.2.4-28) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
346 * patch zforce to make it work at all, closes 22760
347 * patch to fix decompression of concatenated gzip files, closes 30537
349 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:43:09 -0700
351 gzip (1.2.4-27) frozen unstable; urgency=low
353 * patch from Jean-loup (upstream maintainer) for zgrep.in to fix the
354 problems with -A and -B successfully passing to grep. Closes 21209.
356 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:47:15 -0600
358 gzip (1.2.4-26) frozen unstable; urgency=low
360 * fix FSF address in copyright file, lintian now reports no errors
361 * minor tweak to Makefile to fix warnings during dh_installmanpages run
363 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:40:48 -0700
365 gzip (1.2.4-25) frozen unstable; urgency=low
367 * update znew.in and zdiff.in to do save tempfile handling, closes 19794
369 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:48:26 -0700
371 gzip (1.2.4-24) unstable; urgency=low
373 * minor fix for complaints about short files, closes 19159
375 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:21:50 -0700
377 gzip (1.2.4-23) unstable; urgency=high
379 * respond to security advisory from Alan Cox via Christian Hudon, fixes
380 an obscure possibility to get gzip to execute code
382 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:16:59 -0700
384 gzip (1.2.4-22) unstable; urgency=high
386 * gzexe modified to use tempfile in response to security advisory
388 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:30:20 -0700
390 gzip (1.2.4-21) unstable; urgency=low
392 * fix from the upstream maintainer for voluminous "Broken Pipe" messages
393 when using 'zgrep -l' or equivalent. Closes bug 15178.
395 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
397 gzip (1.2.4-20) unstable; urgency=low
399 * freshen rules file to match current debhelper
400 * improve handling of undocumented executables. Closes bug 13578.
402 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
404 gzip (1.2.4-19) unstable; urgency=low
406 * change dependency to Pre-Depends, to keep dpkg from getting hosed during
407 libc6 upgrades. Closes 15091.
408 * switch from debmake to debhelper. In the process, closes 15412.
410 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:42:49 -0700
412 gzip (1.2.4-18) unstable; urgency=low
414 * don't install INSTALL in the doc directory, closes bug 13224.
416 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
418 gzip (1.2.4-17) unstable; urgency=low
420 * fix distribution problem in changelog file
422 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
424 gzip (1.2.4-16) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
427 * tweaks to rules file to install Changelog, closes bug 12488
429 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:46:28 -0600
431 gzip (1.2.4-15) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
433 * fix minor security issue - race condition reported on bugtraq list
434 * rework debian/rules to build with debugging then strip
436 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:14:44 -0700
438 gzip (1.2.4-14) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
440 * The -13 upload was built against a libc5 too new for 'stable'.
442 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:37:31 -0700
444 gzip (1.2.4-13) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
446 * Fix missing "essential" flag on package, lost during standards update.
447 * Push this version back into stable to solve the 'compress' link problem.
449 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:14:14 -0700
451 gzip (1.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low
455 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 02 Nov 1996 14:47:42 -0800
458 Thu Jul 18 01:30:22 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
460 * add zegrep and zfgrep links in /usr/bin (Bug#3326)
461 * add an extended description (Bug#3591)
462 * tweak control files to use dpkg-name, etc.
464 Fri May 24 07:37:54 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
466 * don't provide a 'compress' link since it breaks things, but provide
467 an 'uncompress' link since it's useful.
468 * fix some administrivia
470 Sun Apr 14 20:39:19 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
472 * change gzexe.in to not use BINDIR, but assume gzip is in PATH
473 * add Architecture field in the control file
475 Wed Jan 17 00:07:00 MST 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
477 * switch targets in the Makefile to also install the links called
478 'compress' and 'uncompress' since some utilities care about these,
479 and we're unlikely to ever have a 'compress' package because of the
480 intellectual property issues.
482 Sat Dec 2 23:45:40 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
485 * add 'zless' as a near-clone of 'zmore', closes bug 1776
486 * unable to duplicate bug 1090, something has improved since then?
487 * add libc5 dependency