1 gzip (1.3.12-9) unstable; urgency=high
3 * fix applied for CVE-2010-0001 which identified an integer underflow when
4 decompressing files that are compressed using the LZW algorithm. This
5 could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when trying to decompress
6 a crafted LZW compressed gzip archive.
7 * switch to using dh_lintian for override delivery
9 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:38:41 +1300
11 gzip (1.3.12-8) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Add Carl Worth as an uploader.
14 * Fix "-f -" to work with zgrep, closes: #168606
15 * Avoid creating undersized hufts table, closes: #507263
17 -- Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:54:37 -0800
19 gzip (1.3.12-7) unstable; urgency=low
21 * improve package descriptions, remove ancient package relationship spec
22 in control file, closes: #484547
24 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:54:48 -0700
26 gzip (1.3.12-6) unstable; urgency=low
28 * strip the win32 gzip.exe binary during install, closes: #464455
29 * patch from Reuben Thomas for the zless.1 man page with pointers to
30 lessfile and lesspipe, which are a better solution than zless in most
31 cases... closes: #46787, #51162
32 * fix FTBFS when using gcc-4.3, closes: #476031
33 * remove the preinst since the --assert-support-predepends check should
34 no longer be necessary
36 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:26 -0600
38 gzip (1.3.12-5) unstable; urgency=low
40 * patch for zgrep.in from Daniel Kobras, closes: #434429
41 * patch from upstream to fix compilation with mingw32, and patch from
42 Robert Millan to build a win32 executable if mingw32 is available, all
43 to fix a preseeding problem in the win32-loader for Debian Installer.
46 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:46:42 -0700
48 gzip (1.3.12-4) unstable; urgency=low
50 * incorporate diffs from NMUs, closes: #434275, #433845, #438675
51 * define UNALIGNED_OK when building for amd64, closes: #386356
53 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:48:37 -0700
55 gzip (1.3.12-3.2) unstable; urgency=low
57 * Non-maintainer upload.
58 * Stop zdiff from dropping cmp's output. Patch thanks to Jorg-Volker Peetz
61 -- Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:50:29 +1000
63 gzip (1.3.12-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
65 * Non-maintainer upload.
66 * Rename futimens to gz_futimens, since glibc now defines an futimens
67 function with a different prototype. Closes: #433845.
68 * Urgency medium for the RC bug fix.
70 -- Daniel Schepler <schepler@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:52 -0400
72 gzip (1.3.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
74 * fix bindir so gunzip, et al, work again, closes: #429462
76 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:08:59 +0100
78 gzip (1.3.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
80 * fix typo in gzip fprintf, closes: #426965
81 * revert my zgrep.in patch since upstream handles alternates differently now
83 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:17:37 -0400
85 gzip (1.3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
87 * new upstream version, closes: #177942, #225864, #362786, #366660, #367400,
88 #383358, #402042, #404099, #404114, #419895
89 * fix delivery of upstream ChangeLog, closes: #404062
91 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:42 -0400
93 gzip (1.3.9-2) unstable; urgency=low
95 * change direntry ordering in gzip.texi to work around bug in install-info,
98 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:16 -0700
100 gzip (1.3.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
102 * new upstream version, closes: #366660, #403308
103 * clean up a few gratuitous differences from new upstream, leaving
104 only the rsyncable patch and tweaks like zmore always using more
105 * fix spelling error in documentation, closes: #395450
106 * upstream patch for regression uncompressing null input, closes: #403970
108 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:36 -0700
110 gzip (1.3.5-15) unstable; urgency=high
112 * security update, covering the following alerts:
113 CVE-2006-4334 CVE-2006-4335 CVE-2006-4336 CVE-2006-4337 CVE-2006-4338
115 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0600
117 gzip (1.3.5-14) unstable; urgency=medium
119 * update section to match override
120 * patch from Matthew Chapman to avoid deleting input file before we're
121 sure the output file has been written without errors, closes: #366660
122 * patch from Reuben Thomas to fix zgrep return code,
123 closes: #292896, #192891, #190442
124 * enable gzexe compressed files to work on systems where tempfile is not
125 available while retaining preference for tempfile, closes: #334540
127 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:02:27 -0600
129 gzip (1.3.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
131 * patch from Reuben Thomas fixes problem passing zgrep filenames starting
132 with dashes, closes: #342501
133 * fix a spelling error in gzip man page, closes: #356011
134 * document the fact that zless doesn't work with stdin,
135 closes: #320226, #345036
137 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:31:54 -0600
139 gzip (1.3.5-12) unstable; urgency=low
141 * merge patch from Matt Zimmerman for futex hang due to improper signal
142 handling, closes: #310053, #315612
143 * merge patch to add --rsyncable to the man page, closes: #289616, #295721
144 * don't return failing result code on harmless warning, closes: #169669
146 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:10:51 +0300
148 gzip (1.3.5-11) unstable; urgency=low
150 * patch from Peter Samuelson for bashism in zgrep,
151 closes: #314342, #314211, #312380, #310329
153 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:39:11 -0600
155 gzip (1.3.5-10) unstable; urgency=medium
157 * remove PAGER reference from zmore.1, closes: #263792
158 * patch to improve zgrep argument sanitizing (CAN-2005-0758),
160 * patch isolated by Petter Reinholdtsen for CAN-2005-0988, closes: #303927
161 * patch for dir traversal bug (CAN-2005-1228), closes: #305255
162 * up the priority a click because of the security fixes
163 * patch to support cross building, closes: #283730
165 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:34:49 -0600
167 gzip (1.3.5-9) unstable; urgency=low
169 * eliminate the autoconf and automake build dependencies, since they are
170 no longer needed, closes: #250766
171 * improve temp file usage in gzexe, closes: #257314, #259043
172 * have zmore use 'more' instead of honoring $PAGER, to avoid violating
173 the principle of least astonishment, closes: #234212
174 * fix zgrep choke on filenames including a pipe character, closes: #216211
175 * incorporate watch file, closes: #248722
176 * suggest less, since we provide zless, closes: #217925
177 * use signames instead of signumbers for trap calls, closes: #259284
179 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:23:03 -0600
181 gzip (1.3.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
183 * run autoreconf -i to address problem reported with dir.old.gz being
184 included on rebuilds, closes: #249519
185 * change automake build dependency from automake1.7 to automaken
186 * add lintian overrides to squelch the hardlink warnings
187 * fix typo in inflate.c comments, closes: #201881
189 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 23 May 2004 01:07:03 -0600
191 gzip (1.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
193 * patch from David Mosberger to incorporate work done by Sverre Jarp on
194 an ia64 version of match.c content.
196 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:27 -0600
198 gzip (1.3.5-6) unstable; urgency=medium
200 * patch for insecure temp file usage in znew, closes: #193375
202 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:05:11 -0600
204 gzip (1.3.5-5) unstable; urgency=low
206 * apply patch from Anthony Towns that fixes seg faults on alpha during
207 build of Xfree86 at the expense of slightly decreasing the effectiveness
208 of the deflate implementation. closes: #184057, #187417
210 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:23 -0600
212 gzip (1.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
214 * merge patch from Rusty Russell that adds --rsyncable option to gzip.
215 This modifies the output stream to allow rsync to transfer updated .gz
216 files much more effectively. The resulting .gz files should be compatible
217 with the existing gunzip. The plan is that if this works out well for
218 Debian, the functionality will be included in a future upstream gzip
219 release. Closes: #116183, #118118, #134741
221 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:50:23 -0700
223 gzip (1.3.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
225 * upload a fresh version so m68k, et al, will rebuild, closes: #167790
227 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:42 -0700
229 gzip (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
231 * fix gzexe.in again as per what I did for 1.3.2-3 that accidentally got
232 lost when I merged 1.3.5 from upstream... sigh. Closes: #167150
233 * hack on gzip.texi a little harder to squelch warning at install time from
234 Debian's install-info, closes: #164106
236 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:42 -0700
238 gzip (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
240 * new upstream version
241 * fixes a bug in the incorrect-suffix diagnostic, which can lead to a
242 core dump, closes: #152579
243 * removes dangling output symlinks properly, closes: #144759
244 * zless no longer thinks it is zmore in usage message, closes: #121810
245 * zless replaced with a much simpler script, closes: #124097
246 * uses shell pattern matching instead of 'expr', closes: #123295
247 * man page suggests how to use gunzip on zip files, closes: #146019
248 * uses "trap -" to avoid bashism, closes: #140972, #157111
249 * accepts __i386 and __i386__ as synonyms for i386, closes: #152694
250 * fixes printing values greater than 10 * 2**32 bytes, closes: #141189
251 * includes fix for zforce needing -v, closes: #123294
252 * hack gzip.texi so that the Debian install-info doesn't choke on it (grrr),
253 and add texinfo as a build dependency
254 * eliminate things hard-coded in postinst and prerm now handled by debhelper
256 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:05:27 -0600
258 gzip (1.3.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
260 * modify gzexe.in to hard-code /bin/gzip instead of trying to use BINDIR
261 which yields /usr/bin/gzip. Don't use PATH since we have no idea what it
262 might be when the gzexe'd executable gets run. Closes: #119641
264 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:00:59 -0700
266 gzip (1.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
268 * fix silly mistake made when moving man pages from hard to soft links, so
269 man pages for zegrep, zfgrep, and uncompress work again, closes: #118325
271 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:53:40 -0700
273 gzip (1.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
275 * new upstream release, incorporating my diffs to 1.3.1
277 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:47:40 -0700
279 gzip (1.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
281 * add build dependencies on autoconf and automake
282 * fix infodir spec so we install in the build tree, not the system directory
284 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:18:06 -0700
286 gzip (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
288 * new upstream version! From alpha.gnu.org, on the explicit advice of the
289 current upstream maintainers, who are working with Debian to prepare a new
290 stable release that addresses many of the open issues in our BTS.
292 large file support handled in configure, closes: #108612, #83061, #113000
293 it appears the subtle problem with concatenation is fixed, closes: #114591
294 various segfault problems appear fixed, closes: #46312
295 gzip -r issues fixed, closes: #53645, #106186
296 problem with --no-filename option fixed, closes: #59067
297 zgrep -r disallowed - "I did not use the patch as it was not a complete
298 . fix for the problem and I thought it would cause more problems than
299 . it would cure. Instead, I simply disallowed zgrep -r", closes: #81288
300 error message reworded, closes: #76238
301 compression factor output fixed, closes: #80362
302 zgrep -H fixed, closes: #84371
303 permission issue when forced to compress linked file fixed, closes: #88918
304 manpage hardlinks fixed, closes: #94733
305 gzip --help now goes to stdout, closes: #97020
306 zless no longer runs less if file doesn't exist, closes: #109097
307 problem with -best fixed, closes: #17650
308 zgrep now understands --, closes: #28475
309 file size output by gzip fixed for large files, closes: #40721
310 * fix location referenced for GPL on Debian systems, closes: #112095
311 * move install-info remove call from from postrm to prerm
313 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:01:02 -0700
315 gzip (1.2.4-33) unstable; urgency=low
317 * update to current policy
319 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:10:58 -0700
321 gzip (1.2.4-32) unstable; urgency=low
323 * update prototype for and definition of basename function for compatibility
324 with glibc2.0, still in use on m68k. Closes: #45058
326 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:01:47 -0600
328 gzip (1.2.4-31) unstable; urgency=medium
330 * fix problems I induced while merging the upstream patch in the last upload,
331 most notably omitting zless from the package.
332 Closes: #44883, #44885, #44890, #44882, #44887, #44895, #44896
334 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:06:00 -0600
336 gzip (1.2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
338 * upstream patch, closes: #28872
339 1998-11-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
340 gzip.c (get_method): Don't complain about trailing zeros at
341 the end of a gzipped file, as they're commonly appended to fill
342 out a block (e.g. by GNU tar).
343 * update to FHS compliance
345 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:34:07 -0600
347 gzip (1.2.4-29) unstable; urgency=low
349 * apply patch from Vincent Renardias that improves behavior when trying to
350 decompress a corrupted .gz file. Closes 7472, 16385
352 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:50:12 -0700
354 gzip (1.2.4-28) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
356 * patch zforce to make it work at all, closes 22760
357 * patch to fix decompression of concatenated gzip files, closes 30537
359 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:43:09 -0700
361 gzip (1.2.4-27) frozen unstable; urgency=low
363 * patch from Jean-loup (upstream maintainer) for zgrep.in to fix the
364 problems with -A and -B successfully passing to grep. Closes 21209.
366 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:47:15 -0600
368 gzip (1.2.4-26) frozen unstable; urgency=low
370 * fix FSF address in copyright file, lintian now reports no errors
371 * minor tweak to Makefile to fix warnings during dh_installmanpages run
373 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:40:48 -0700
375 gzip (1.2.4-25) frozen unstable; urgency=low
377 * update znew.in and zdiff.in to do save tempfile handling, closes 19794
379 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:48:26 -0700
381 gzip (1.2.4-24) unstable; urgency=low
383 * minor fix for complaints about short files, closes 19159
385 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:21:50 -0700
387 gzip (1.2.4-23) unstable; urgency=high
389 * respond to security advisory from Alan Cox via Christian Hudon, fixes
390 an obscure possibility to get gzip to execute code
392 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:16:59 -0700
394 gzip (1.2.4-22) unstable; urgency=high
396 * gzexe modified to use tempfile in response to security advisory
398 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:30:20 -0700
400 gzip (1.2.4-21) unstable; urgency=low
402 * fix from the upstream maintainer for voluminous "Broken Pipe" messages
403 when using 'zgrep -l' or equivalent. Closes bug 15178.
405 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
407 gzip (1.2.4-20) unstable; urgency=low
409 * freshen rules file to match current debhelper
410 * improve handling of undocumented executables. Closes bug 13578.
412 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
414 gzip (1.2.4-19) unstable; urgency=low
416 * change dependency to Pre-Depends, to keep dpkg from getting hosed during
417 libc6 upgrades. Closes 15091.
418 * switch from debmake to debhelper. In the process, closes 15412.
420 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:42:49 -0700
422 gzip (1.2.4-18) unstable; urgency=low
424 * don't install INSTALL in the doc directory, closes bug 13224.
426 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
428 gzip (1.2.4-17) unstable; urgency=low
430 * fix distribution problem in changelog file
432 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
434 gzip (1.2.4-16) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
437 * tweaks to rules file to install Changelog, closes bug 12488
439 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:46:28 -0600
441 gzip (1.2.4-15) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
443 * fix minor security issue - race condition reported on bugtraq list
444 * rework debian/rules to build with debugging then strip
446 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:14:44 -0700
448 gzip (1.2.4-14) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
450 * The -13 upload was built against a libc5 too new for 'stable'.
452 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:37:31 -0700
454 gzip (1.2.4-13) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
456 * Fix missing "essential" flag on package, lost during standards update.
457 * Push this version back into stable to solve the 'compress' link problem.
459 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:14:14 -0700
461 gzip (1.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low
465 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 02 Nov 1996 14:47:42 -0800
468 Thu Jul 18 01:30:22 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
470 * add zegrep and zfgrep links in /usr/bin (Bug#3326)
471 * add an extended description (Bug#3591)
472 * tweak control files to use dpkg-name, etc.
474 Fri May 24 07:37:54 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
476 * don't provide a 'compress' link since it breaks things, but provide
477 an 'uncompress' link since it's useful.
478 * fix some administrivia
480 Sun Apr 14 20:39:19 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
482 * change gzexe.in to not use BINDIR, but assume gzip is in PATH
483 * add Architecture field in the control file
485 Wed Jan 17 00:07:00 MST 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
487 * switch targets in the Makefile to also install the links called
488 'compress' and 'uncompress' since some utilities care about these,
489 and we're unlikely to ever have a 'compress' package because of the
490 intellectual property issues.
492 Sat Dec 2 23:45:40 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
495 * add 'zless' as a near-clone of 'zmore', closes bug 1776
496 * unable to duplicate bug 1090, something has improved since then?
497 * add libc5 dependency