1 gzip (1.3.12-8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Add Carl Worth as an uploader.
5 -- Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:53:23 -0800
7 gzip (1.3.12-7) unstable; urgency=low
9 * improve package descriptions, remove ancient package relationship spec
10 in control file, closes: #484547
12 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:54:48 -0700
14 gzip (1.3.12-6) unstable; urgency=low
16 * strip the win32 gzip.exe binary during install, closes: #464455
17 * patch from Reuben Thomas for the zless.1 man page with pointers to
18 lessfile and lesspipe, which are a better solution than zless in most
19 cases... closes: #46787, #51162
20 * fix FTBFS when using gcc-4.3, closes: #476031
21 * remove the preinst since the --assert-support-predepends check should
22 no longer be necessary
24 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:26 -0600
26 gzip (1.3.12-5) unstable; urgency=low
28 * patch for zgrep.in from Daniel Kobras, closes: #434429
29 * patch from upstream to fix compilation with mingw32, and patch from
30 Robert Millan to build a win32 executable if mingw32 is available, all
31 to fix a preseeding problem in the win32-loader for Debian Installer.
34 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:46:42 -0700
36 gzip (1.3.12-4) unstable; urgency=low
38 * incorporate diffs from NMUs, closes: #434275, #433845, #438675
39 * define UNALIGNED_OK when building for amd64, closes: #386356
41 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:48:37 -0700
43 gzip (1.3.12-3.2) unstable; urgency=low
45 * Non-maintainer upload.
46 * Stop zdiff from dropping cmp's output. Patch thanks to Jorg-Volker Peetz
49 -- Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:50:29 +1000
51 gzip (1.3.12-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
53 * Non-maintainer upload.
54 * Rename futimens to gz_futimens, since glibc now defines an futimens
55 function with a different prototype. Closes: #433845.
56 * Urgency medium for the RC bug fix.
58 -- Daniel Schepler <schepler@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:52 -0400
60 gzip (1.3.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
62 * fix bindir so gunzip, et al, work again, closes: #429462
64 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:08:59 +0100
66 gzip (1.3.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
68 * fix typo in gzip fprintf, closes: #426965
69 * revert my zgrep.in patch since upstream handles alternates differently now
71 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:17:37 -0400
73 gzip (1.3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
75 * new upstream version, closes: #177942, #225864, #362786, #366660, #367400,
76 #383358, #402042, #404099, #404114, #419895
77 * fix delivery of upstream ChangeLog, closes: #404062
79 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:42 -0400
81 gzip (1.3.9-2) unstable; urgency=low
83 * change direntry ordering in gzip.texi to work around bug in install-info,
86 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:16 -0700
88 gzip (1.3.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
90 * new upstream version, closes: #366660, #403308
91 * clean up a few gratuitous differences from new upstream, leaving
92 only the rsyncable patch and tweaks like zmore always using more
93 * fix spelling error in documentation, closes: #395450
94 * upstream patch for regression uncompressing null input, closes: #403970
96 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:36 -0700
98 gzip (1.3.5-15) unstable; urgency=high
100 * security update, covering the following alerts:
101 CVE-2006-4334 CVE-2006-4335 CVE-2006-4336 CVE-2006-4337 CVE-2006-4338
103 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0600
105 gzip (1.3.5-14) unstable; urgency=medium
107 * update section to match override
108 * patch from Matthew Chapman to avoid deleting input file before we're
109 sure the output file has been written without errors, closes: #366660
110 * patch from Reuben Thomas to fix zgrep return code,
111 closes: #292896, #192891, #190442
112 * enable gzexe compressed files to work on systems where tempfile is not
113 available while retaining preference for tempfile, closes: #334540
115 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:02:27 -0600
117 gzip (1.3.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
119 * patch from Reuben Thomas fixes problem passing zgrep filenames starting
120 with dashes, closes: #342501
121 * fix a spelling error in gzip man page, closes: #356011
122 * document the fact that zless doesn't work with stdin,
123 closes: #320226, #345036
125 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:31:54 -0600
127 gzip (1.3.5-12) unstable; urgency=low
129 * merge patch from Matt Zimmerman for futex hang due to improper signal
130 handling, closes: #310053, #315612
131 * merge patch to add --rsyncable to the man page, closes: #289616, #295721
132 * don't return failing result code on harmless warning, closes: #169669
134 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:10:51 +0300
136 gzip (1.3.5-11) unstable; urgency=low
138 * patch from Peter Samuelson for bashism in zgrep,
139 closes: #314342, #314211, #312380, #310329
141 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:39:11 -0600
143 gzip (1.3.5-10) unstable; urgency=medium
145 * remove PAGER reference from zmore.1, closes: #263792
146 * patch to improve zgrep argument sanitizing (CAN-2005-0758),
148 * patch isolated by Petter Reinholdtsen for CAN-2005-0988, closes: #303927
149 * patch for dir traversal bug (CAN-2005-1228), closes: #305255
150 * up the priority a click because of the security fixes
151 * patch to support cross building, closes: #283730
153 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:34:49 -0600
155 gzip (1.3.5-9) unstable; urgency=low
157 * eliminate the autoconf and automake build dependencies, since they are
158 no longer needed, closes: #250766
159 * improve temp file usage in gzexe, closes: #257314, #259043
160 * have zmore use 'more' instead of honoring $PAGER, to avoid violating
161 the principle of least astonishment, closes: #234212
162 * fix zgrep choke on filenames including a pipe character, closes: #216211
163 * incorporate watch file, closes: #248722
164 * suggest less, since we provide zless, closes: #217925
165 * use signames instead of signumbers for trap calls, closes: #259284
167 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:23:03 -0600
169 gzip (1.3.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
171 * run autoreconf -i to address problem reported with dir.old.gz being
172 included on rebuilds, closes: #249519
173 * change automake build dependency from automake1.7 to automaken
174 * add lintian overrides to squelch the hardlink warnings
175 * fix typo in inflate.c comments, closes: #201881
177 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 23 May 2004 01:07:03 -0600
179 gzip (1.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
181 * patch from David Mosberger to incorporate work done by Sverre Jarp on
182 an ia64 version of match.c content.
184 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:27 -0600
186 gzip (1.3.5-6) unstable; urgency=medium
188 * patch for insecure temp file usage in znew, closes: #193375
190 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:05:11 -0600
192 gzip (1.3.5-5) unstable; urgency=low
194 * apply patch from Anthony Towns that fixes seg faults on alpha during
195 build of Xfree86 at the expense of slightly decreasing the effectiveness
196 of the deflate implementation. closes: #184057, #187417
198 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:23 -0600
200 gzip (1.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
202 * merge patch from Rusty Russell that adds --rsyncable option to gzip.
203 This modifies the output stream to allow rsync to transfer updated .gz
204 files much more effectively. The resulting .gz files should be compatible
205 with the existing gunzip. The plan is that if this works out well for
206 Debian, the functionality will be included in a future upstream gzip
207 release. Closes: #116183, #118118, #134741
209 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:50:23 -0700
211 gzip (1.3.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
213 * upload a fresh version so m68k, et al, will rebuild, closes: #167790
215 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:42 -0700
217 gzip (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
219 * fix gzexe.in again as per what I did for 1.3.2-3 that accidentally got
220 lost when I merged 1.3.5 from upstream... sigh. Closes: #167150
221 * hack on gzip.texi a little harder to squelch warning at install time from
222 Debian's install-info, closes: #164106
224 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:42 -0700
226 gzip (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
228 * new upstream version
229 * fixes a bug in the incorrect-suffix diagnostic, which can lead to a
230 core dump, closes: #152579
231 * removes dangling output symlinks properly, closes: #144759
232 * zless no longer thinks it is zmore in usage message, closes: #121810
233 * zless replaced with a much simpler script, closes: #124097
234 * uses shell pattern matching instead of 'expr', closes: #123295
235 * man page suggests how to use gunzip on zip files, closes: #146019
236 * uses "trap -" to avoid bashism, closes: #140972, #157111
237 * accepts __i386 and __i386__ as synonyms for i386, closes: #152694
238 * fixes printing values greater than 10 * 2**32 bytes, closes: #141189
239 * includes fix for zforce needing -v, closes: #123294
240 * hack gzip.texi so that the Debian install-info doesn't choke on it (grrr),
241 and add texinfo as a build dependency
242 * eliminate things hard-coded in postinst and prerm now handled by debhelper
244 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:05:27 -0600
246 gzip (1.3.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
248 * modify gzexe.in to hard-code /bin/gzip instead of trying to use BINDIR
249 which yields /usr/bin/gzip. Don't use PATH since we have no idea what it
250 might be when the gzexe'd executable gets run. Closes: #119641
252 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:00:59 -0700
254 gzip (1.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
256 * fix silly mistake made when moving man pages from hard to soft links, so
257 man pages for zegrep, zfgrep, and uncompress work again, closes: #118325
259 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:53:40 -0700
261 gzip (1.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
263 * new upstream release, incorporating my diffs to 1.3.1
265 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:47:40 -0700
267 gzip (1.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
269 * add build dependencies on autoconf and automake
270 * fix infodir spec so we install in the build tree, not the system directory
272 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:18:06 -0700
274 gzip (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
276 * new upstream version! From alpha.gnu.org, on the explicit advice of the
277 current upstream maintainers, who are working with Debian to prepare a new
278 stable release that addresses many of the open issues in our BTS.
280 large file support handled in configure, closes: #108612, #83061, #113000
281 it appears the subtle problem with concatenation is fixed, closes: #114591
282 various segfault problems appear fixed, closes: #46312
283 gzip -r issues fixed, closes: #53645, #106186
284 problem with --no-filename option fixed, closes: #59067
285 zgrep -r disallowed - "I did not use the patch as it was not a complete
286 . fix for the problem and I thought it would cause more problems than
287 . it would cure. Instead, I simply disallowed zgrep -r", closes: #81288
288 error message reworded, closes: #76238
289 compression factor output fixed, closes: #80362
290 zgrep -H fixed, closes: #84371
291 permission issue when forced to compress linked file fixed, closes: #88918
292 manpage hardlinks fixed, closes: #94733
293 gzip --help now goes to stdout, closes: #97020
294 zless no longer runs less if file doesn't exist, closes: #109097
295 problem with -best fixed, closes: #17650
296 zgrep now understands --, closes: #28475
297 file size output by gzip fixed for large files, closes: #40721
298 * fix location referenced for GPL on Debian systems, closes: #112095
299 * move install-info remove call from from postrm to prerm
301 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:01:02 -0700
303 gzip (1.2.4-33) unstable; urgency=low
305 * update to current policy
307 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:10:58 -0700
309 gzip (1.2.4-32) unstable; urgency=low
311 * update prototype for and definition of basename function for compatibility
312 with glibc2.0, still in use on m68k. Closes: #45058
314 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:01:47 -0600
316 gzip (1.2.4-31) unstable; urgency=medium
318 * fix problems I induced while merging the upstream patch in the last upload,
319 most notably omitting zless from the package.
320 Closes: #44883, #44885, #44890, #44882, #44887, #44895, #44896
322 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:06:00 -0600
324 gzip (1.2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
326 * upstream patch, closes: #28872
327 1998-11-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
328 gzip.c (get_method): Don't complain about trailing zeros at
329 the end of a gzipped file, as they're commonly appended to fill
330 out a block (e.g. by GNU tar).
331 * update to FHS compliance
333 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:34:07 -0600
335 gzip (1.2.4-29) unstable; urgency=low
337 * apply patch from Vincent Renardias that improves behavior when trying to
338 decompress a corrupted .gz file. Closes 7472, 16385
340 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:50:12 -0700
342 gzip (1.2.4-28) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
344 * patch zforce to make it work at all, closes 22760
345 * patch to fix decompression of concatenated gzip files, closes 30537
347 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:43:09 -0700
349 gzip (1.2.4-27) frozen unstable; urgency=low
351 * patch from Jean-loup (upstream maintainer) for zgrep.in to fix the
352 problems with -A and -B successfully passing to grep. Closes 21209.
354 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:47:15 -0600
356 gzip (1.2.4-26) frozen unstable; urgency=low
358 * fix FSF address in copyright file, lintian now reports no errors
359 * minor tweak to Makefile to fix warnings during dh_installmanpages run
361 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:40:48 -0700
363 gzip (1.2.4-25) frozen unstable; urgency=low
365 * update znew.in and zdiff.in to do save tempfile handling, closes 19794
367 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:48:26 -0700
369 gzip (1.2.4-24) unstable; urgency=low
371 * minor fix for complaints about short files, closes 19159
373 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:21:50 -0700
375 gzip (1.2.4-23) unstable; urgency=high
377 * respond to security advisory from Alan Cox via Christian Hudon, fixes
378 an obscure possibility to get gzip to execute code
380 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:16:59 -0700
382 gzip (1.2.4-22) unstable; urgency=high
384 * gzexe modified to use tempfile in response to security advisory
386 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:30:20 -0700
388 gzip (1.2.4-21) unstable; urgency=low
390 * fix from the upstream maintainer for voluminous "Broken Pipe" messages
391 when using 'zgrep -l' or equivalent. Closes bug 15178.
393 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
395 gzip (1.2.4-20) unstable; urgency=low
397 * freshen rules file to match current debhelper
398 * improve handling of undocumented executables. Closes bug 13578.
400 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
402 gzip (1.2.4-19) unstable; urgency=low
404 * change dependency to Pre-Depends, to keep dpkg from getting hosed during
405 libc6 upgrades. Closes 15091.
406 * switch from debmake to debhelper. In the process, closes 15412.
408 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:42:49 -0700
410 gzip (1.2.4-18) unstable; urgency=low
412 * don't install INSTALL in the doc directory, closes bug 13224.
414 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
416 gzip (1.2.4-17) unstable; urgency=low
418 * fix distribution problem in changelog file
420 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
422 gzip (1.2.4-16) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
425 * tweaks to rules file to install Changelog, closes bug 12488
427 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:46:28 -0600
429 gzip (1.2.4-15) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
431 * fix minor security issue - race condition reported on bugtraq list
432 * rework debian/rules to build with debugging then strip
434 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:14:44 -0700
436 gzip (1.2.4-14) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
438 * The -13 upload was built against a libc5 too new for 'stable'.
440 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:37:31 -0700
442 gzip (1.2.4-13) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
444 * Fix missing "essential" flag on package, lost during standards update.
445 * Push this version back into stable to solve the 'compress' link problem.
447 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:14:14 -0700
449 gzip (1.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low
453 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 02 Nov 1996 14:47:42 -0800
456 Thu Jul 18 01:30:22 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
458 * add zegrep and zfgrep links in /usr/bin (Bug#3326)
459 * add an extended description (Bug#3591)
460 * tweak control files to use dpkg-name, etc.
462 Fri May 24 07:37:54 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
464 * don't provide a 'compress' link since it breaks things, but provide
465 an 'uncompress' link since it's useful.
466 * fix some administrivia
468 Sun Apr 14 20:39:19 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
470 * change gzexe.in to not use BINDIR, but assume gzip is in PATH
471 * add Architecture field in the control file
473 Wed Jan 17 00:07:00 MST 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
475 * switch targets in the Makefile to also install the links called
476 'compress' and 'uncompress' since some utilities care about these,
477 and we're unlikely to ever have a 'compress' package because of the
478 intellectual property issues.
480 Sat Dec 2 23:45:40 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
483 * add 'zless' as a near-clone of 'zmore', closes bug 1776
484 * unable to duplicate bug 1090, something has improved since then?
485 * add libc5 dependency