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
6 -- Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:54:09 -0800
8 gzip (1.3.12-7) unstable; urgency=low
10 * improve package descriptions, remove ancient package relationship spec
11 in control file, closes: #484547
13 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:54:48 -0700
15 gzip (1.3.12-6) unstable; urgency=low
17 * strip the win32 gzip.exe binary during install, closes: #464455
18 * patch from Reuben Thomas for the zless.1 man page with pointers to
19 lessfile and lesspipe, which are a better solution than zless in most
20 cases... closes: #46787, #51162
21 * fix FTBFS when using gcc-4.3, closes: #476031
22 * remove the preinst since the --assert-support-predepends check should
23 no longer be necessary
25 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:26 -0600
27 gzip (1.3.12-5) unstable; urgency=low
29 * patch for zgrep.in from Daniel Kobras, closes: #434429
30 * patch from upstream to fix compilation with mingw32, and patch from
31 Robert Millan to build a win32 executable if mingw32 is available, all
32 to fix a preseeding problem in the win32-loader for Debian Installer.
35 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:46:42 -0700
37 gzip (1.3.12-4) unstable; urgency=low
39 * incorporate diffs from NMUs, closes: #434275, #433845, #438675
40 * define UNALIGNED_OK when building for amd64, closes: #386356
42 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:48:37 -0700
44 gzip (1.3.12-3.2) unstable; urgency=low
46 * Non-maintainer upload.
47 * Stop zdiff from dropping cmp's output. Patch thanks to Jorg-Volker Peetz
50 -- Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:50:29 +1000
52 gzip (1.3.12-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
54 * Non-maintainer upload.
55 * Rename futimens to gz_futimens, since glibc now defines an futimens
56 function with a different prototype. Closes: #433845.
57 * Urgency medium for the RC bug fix.
59 -- Daniel Schepler <schepler@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:52 -0400
61 gzip (1.3.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
63 * fix bindir so gunzip, et al, work again, closes: #429462
65 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:08:59 +0100
67 gzip (1.3.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
69 * fix typo in gzip fprintf, closes: #426965
70 * revert my zgrep.in patch since upstream handles alternates differently now
72 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:17:37 -0400
74 gzip (1.3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
76 * new upstream version, closes: #177942, #225864, #362786, #366660, #367400,
77 #383358, #402042, #404099, #404114, #419895
78 * fix delivery of upstream ChangeLog, closes: #404062
80 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:42 -0400
82 gzip (1.3.9-2) unstable; urgency=low
84 * change direntry ordering in gzip.texi to work around bug in install-info,
87 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:16 -0700
89 gzip (1.3.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
91 * new upstream version, closes: #366660, #403308
92 * clean up a few gratuitous differences from new upstream, leaving
93 only the rsyncable patch and tweaks like zmore always using more
94 * fix spelling error in documentation, closes: #395450
95 * upstream patch for regression uncompressing null input, closes: #403970
97 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:36 -0700
99 gzip (1.3.5-15) unstable; urgency=high
101 * security update, covering the following alerts:
102 CVE-2006-4334 CVE-2006-4335 CVE-2006-4336 CVE-2006-4337 CVE-2006-4338
104 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0600
106 gzip (1.3.5-14) unstable; urgency=medium
108 * update section to match override
109 * patch from Matthew Chapman to avoid deleting input file before we're
110 sure the output file has been written without errors, closes: #366660
111 * patch from Reuben Thomas to fix zgrep return code,
112 closes: #292896, #192891, #190442
113 * enable gzexe compressed files to work on systems where tempfile is not
114 available while retaining preference for tempfile, closes: #334540
116 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:02:27 -0600
118 gzip (1.3.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
120 * patch from Reuben Thomas fixes problem passing zgrep filenames starting
121 with dashes, closes: #342501
122 * fix a spelling error in gzip man page, closes: #356011
123 * document the fact that zless doesn't work with stdin,
124 closes: #320226, #345036
126 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:31:54 -0600
128 gzip (1.3.5-12) unstable; urgency=low
130 * merge patch from Matt Zimmerman for futex hang due to improper signal
131 handling, closes: #310053, #315612
132 * merge patch to add --rsyncable to the man page, closes: #289616, #295721
133 * don't return failing result code on harmless warning, closes: #169669
135 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:10:51 +0300
137 gzip (1.3.5-11) unstable; urgency=low
139 * patch from Peter Samuelson for bashism in zgrep,
140 closes: #314342, #314211, #312380, #310329
142 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:39:11 -0600
144 gzip (1.3.5-10) unstable; urgency=medium
146 * remove PAGER reference from zmore.1, closes: #263792
147 * patch to improve zgrep argument sanitizing (CAN-2005-0758),
149 * patch isolated by Petter Reinholdtsen for CAN-2005-0988, closes: #303927
150 * patch for dir traversal bug (CAN-2005-1228), closes: #305255
151 * up the priority a click because of the security fixes
152 * patch to support cross building, closes: #283730
154 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:34:49 -0600
156 gzip (1.3.5-9) unstable; urgency=low
158 * eliminate the autoconf and automake build dependencies, since they are
159 no longer needed, closes: #250766
160 * improve temp file usage in gzexe, closes: #257314, #259043
161 * have zmore use 'more' instead of honoring $PAGER, to avoid violating
162 the principle of least astonishment, closes: #234212
163 * fix zgrep choke on filenames including a pipe character, closes: #216211
164 * incorporate watch file, closes: #248722
165 * suggest less, since we provide zless, closes: #217925
166 * use signames instead of signumbers for trap calls, closes: #259284
168 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:23:03 -0600
170 gzip (1.3.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
172 * run autoreconf -i to address problem reported with dir.old.gz being
173 included on rebuilds, closes: #249519
174 * change automake build dependency from automake1.7 to automaken
175 * add lintian overrides to squelch the hardlink warnings
176 * fix typo in inflate.c comments, closes: #201881
178 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 23 May 2004 01:07:03 -0600
180 gzip (1.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
182 * patch from David Mosberger to incorporate work done by Sverre Jarp on
183 an ia64 version of match.c content.
185 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:27 -0600
187 gzip (1.3.5-6) unstable; urgency=medium
189 * patch for insecure temp file usage in znew, closes: #193375
191 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:05:11 -0600
193 gzip (1.3.5-5) unstable; urgency=low
195 * apply patch from Anthony Towns that fixes seg faults on alpha during
196 build of Xfree86 at the expense of slightly decreasing the effectiveness
197 of the deflate implementation. closes: #184057, #187417
199 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:23 -0600
201 gzip (1.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
203 * merge patch from Rusty Russell that adds --rsyncable option to gzip.
204 This modifies the output stream to allow rsync to transfer updated .gz
205 files much more effectively. The resulting .gz files should be compatible
206 with the existing gunzip. The plan is that if this works out well for
207 Debian, the functionality will be included in a future upstream gzip
208 release. Closes: #116183, #118118, #134741
210 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:50:23 -0700
212 gzip (1.3.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
214 * upload a fresh version so m68k, et al, will rebuild, closes: #167790
216 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:42 -0700
218 gzip (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
220 * fix gzexe.in again as per what I did for 1.3.2-3 that accidentally got
221 lost when I merged 1.3.5 from upstream... sigh. Closes: #167150
222 * hack on gzip.texi a little harder to squelch warning at install time from
223 Debian's install-info, closes: #164106
225 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:42 -0700
227 gzip (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
229 * new upstream version
230 * fixes a bug in the incorrect-suffix diagnostic, which can lead to a
231 core dump, closes: #152579
232 * removes dangling output symlinks properly, closes: #144759
233 * zless no longer thinks it is zmore in usage message, closes: #121810
234 * zless replaced with a much simpler script, closes: #124097
235 * uses shell pattern matching instead of 'expr', closes: #123295
236 * man page suggests how to use gunzip on zip files, closes: #146019
237 * uses "trap -" to avoid bashism, closes: #140972, #157111
238 * accepts __i386 and __i386__ as synonyms for i386, closes: #152694
239 * fixes printing values greater than 10 * 2**32 bytes, closes: #141189
240 * includes fix for zforce needing -v, closes: #123294
241 * hack gzip.texi so that the Debian install-info doesn't choke on it (grrr),
242 and add texinfo as a build dependency
243 * eliminate things hard-coded in postinst and prerm now handled by debhelper
245 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:05:27 -0600
247 gzip (1.3.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
249 * modify gzexe.in to hard-code /bin/gzip instead of trying to use BINDIR
250 which yields /usr/bin/gzip. Don't use PATH since we have no idea what it
251 might be when the gzexe'd executable gets run. Closes: #119641
253 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:00:59 -0700
255 gzip (1.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
257 * fix silly mistake made when moving man pages from hard to soft links, so
258 man pages for zegrep, zfgrep, and uncompress work again, closes: #118325
260 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:53:40 -0700
262 gzip (1.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
264 * new upstream release, incorporating my diffs to 1.3.1
266 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:47:40 -0700
268 gzip (1.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
270 * add build dependencies on autoconf and automake
271 * fix infodir spec so we install in the build tree, not the system directory
273 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:18:06 -0700
275 gzip (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
277 * new upstream version! From alpha.gnu.org, on the explicit advice of the
278 current upstream maintainers, who are working with Debian to prepare a new
279 stable release that addresses many of the open issues in our BTS.
281 large file support handled in configure, closes: #108612, #83061, #113000
282 it appears the subtle problem with concatenation is fixed, closes: #114591
283 various segfault problems appear fixed, closes: #46312
284 gzip -r issues fixed, closes: #53645, #106186
285 problem with --no-filename option fixed, closes: #59067
286 zgrep -r disallowed - "I did not use the patch as it was not a complete
287 . fix for the problem and I thought it would cause more problems than
288 . it would cure. Instead, I simply disallowed zgrep -r", closes: #81288
289 error message reworded, closes: #76238
290 compression factor output fixed, closes: #80362
291 zgrep -H fixed, closes: #84371
292 permission issue when forced to compress linked file fixed, closes: #88918
293 manpage hardlinks fixed, closes: #94733
294 gzip --help now goes to stdout, closes: #97020
295 zless no longer runs less if file doesn't exist, closes: #109097
296 problem with -best fixed, closes: #17650
297 zgrep now understands --, closes: #28475
298 file size output by gzip fixed for large files, closes: #40721
299 * fix location referenced for GPL on Debian systems, closes: #112095
300 * move install-info remove call from from postrm to prerm
302 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:01:02 -0700
304 gzip (1.2.4-33) unstable; urgency=low
306 * update to current policy
308 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:10:58 -0700
310 gzip (1.2.4-32) unstable; urgency=low
312 * update prototype for and definition of basename function for compatibility
313 with glibc2.0, still in use on m68k. Closes: #45058
315 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:01:47 -0600
317 gzip (1.2.4-31) unstable; urgency=medium
319 * fix problems I induced while merging the upstream patch in the last upload,
320 most notably omitting zless from the package.
321 Closes: #44883, #44885, #44890, #44882, #44887, #44895, #44896
323 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:06:00 -0600
325 gzip (1.2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
327 * upstream patch, closes: #28872
328 1998-11-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
329 gzip.c (get_method): Don't complain about trailing zeros at
330 the end of a gzipped file, as they're commonly appended to fill
331 out a block (e.g. by GNU tar).
332 * update to FHS compliance
334 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:34:07 -0600
336 gzip (1.2.4-29) unstable; urgency=low
338 * apply patch from Vincent Renardias that improves behavior when trying to
339 decompress a corrupted .gz file. Closes 7472, 16385
341 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:50:12 -0700
343 gzip (1.2.4-28) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
345 * patch zforce to make it work at all, closes 22760
346 * patch to fix decompression of concatenated gzip files, closes 30537
348 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:43:09 -0700
350 gzip (1.2.4-27) frozen unstable; urgency=low
352 * patch from Jean-loup (upstream maintainer) for zgrep.in to fix the
353 problems with -A and -B successfully passing to grep. Closes 21209.
355 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:47:15 -0600
357 gzip (1.2.4-26) frozen unstable; urgency=low
359 * fix FSF address in copyright file, lintian now reports no errors
360 * minor tweak to Makefile to fix warnings during dh_installmanpages run
362 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:40:48 -0700
364 gzip (1.2.4-25) frozen unstable; urgency=low
366 * update znew.in and zdiff.in to do save tempfile handling, closes 19794
368 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:48:26 -0700
370 gzip (1.2.4-24) unstable; urgency=low
372 * minor fix for complaints about short files, closes 19159
374 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:21:50 -0700
376 gzip (1.2.4-23) unstable; urgency=high
378 * respond to security advisory from Alan Cox via Christian Hudon, fixes
379 an obscure possibility to get gzip to execute code
381 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:16:59 -0700
383 gzip (1.2.4-22) unstable; urgency=high
385 * gzexe modified to use tempfile in response to security advisory
387 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:30:20 -0700
389 gzip (1.2.4-21) unstable; urgency=low
391 * fix from the upstream maintainer for voluminous "Broken Pipe" messages
392 when using 'zgrep -l' or equivalent. Closes bug 15178.
394 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
396 gzip (1.2.4-20) unstable; urgency=low
398 * freshen rules file to match current debhelper
399 * improve handling of undocumented executables. Closes bug 13578.
401 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
403 gzip (1.2.4-19) unstable; urgency=low
405 * change dependency to Pre-Depends, to keep dpkg from getting hosed during
406 libc6 upgrades. Closes 15091.
407 * switch from debmake to debhelper. In the process, closes 15412.
409 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:42:49 -0700
411 gzip (1.2.4-18) unstable; urgency=low
413 * don't install INSTALL in the doc directory, closes bug 13224.
415 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
417 gzip (1.2.4-17) unstable; urgency=low
419 * fix distribution problem in changelog file
421 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
423 gzip (1.2.4-16) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
426 * tweaks to rules file to install Changelog, closes bug 12488
428 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:46:28 -0600
430 gzip (1.2.4-15) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
432 * fix minor security issue - race condition reported on bugtraq list
433 * rework debian/rules to build with debugging then strip
435 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:14:44 -0700
437 gzip (1.2.4-14) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
439 * The -13 upload was built against a libc5 too new for 'stable'.
441 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:37:31 -0700
443 gzip (1.2.4-13) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
445 * Fix missing "essential" flag on package, lost during standards update.
446 * Push this version back into stable to solve the 'compress' link problem.
448 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:14:14 -0700
450 gzip (1.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low
454 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 02 Nov 1996 14:47:42 -0800
457 Thu Jul 18 01:30:22 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
459 * add zegrep and zfgrep links in /usr/bin (Bug#3326)
460 * add an extended description (Bug#3591)
461 * tweak control files to use dpkg-name, etc.
463 Fri May 24 07:37:54 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
465 * don't provide a 'compress' link since it breaks things, but provide
466 an 'uncompress' link since it's useful.
467 * fix some administrivia
469 Sun Apr 14 20:39:19 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
471 * change gzexe.in to not use BINDIR, but assume gzip is in PATH
472 * add Architecture field in the control file
474 Wed Jan 17 00:07:00 MST 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
476 * switch targets in the Makefile to also install the links called
477 'compress' and 'uncompress' since some utilities care about these,
478 and we're unlikely to ever have a 'compress' package because of the
479 intellectual property issues.
481 Sat Dec 2 23:45:40 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
484 * add 'zless' as a near-clone of 'zmore', closes bug 1776
485 * unable to duplicate bug 1090, something has improved since then?
486 * add libc5 dependency