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