1 gzip (1.4-3) unstable; urgency=low
3 * patch from upstream for sys_stat.in.h to fix mingw32 builds,
6 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:13:33 -0700
8 gzip (1.4-2) unstable; urgency=low
10 * patch to use DEB_HOST_ARCH in rules, closes: #644785
11 * fix missing stamp creating in rules file causing extra build cycle,
14 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:24:17 -0700
16 gzip (1.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
18 * new upstream version, closes: #627121, #633927
19 * add Vcs entries to control file
20 * patch zless LESSOPEN definition to allow handling of gunzip data on STDIN,
22 * Build using mingw-w64 instead of mingw32, closes: #623428
23 * update to current policy, source package formats, etc
25 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:48:46 -0600
27 gzip (1.3.12-9) unstable; urgency=high
29 * fix applied for CVE-2010-0001 which identified an integer underflow when
30 decompressing files that are compressed using the LZW algorithm. This
31 could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when trying to decompress
32 a crafted LZW compressed gzip archive.
33 * switch to using dh_lintian for override delivery
35 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:38:41 +1300
37 gzip (1.3.12-8) unstable; urgency=low
39 * Add Carl Worth as an uploader.
40 * Fix "-f -" to work with zgrep, closes: #168606
41 * Avoid creating undersized hufts table, closes: #507263
43 -- Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:54:37 -0800
45 gzip (1.3.12-7) unstable; urgency=low
47 * improve package descriptions, remove ancient package relationship spec
48 in control file, closes: #484547
50 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:54:48 -0700
52 gzip (1.3.12-6) unstable; urgency=low
54 * strip the win32 gzip.exe binary during install, closes: #464455
55 * patch from Reuben Thomas for the zless.1 man page with pointers to
56 lessfile and lesspipe, which are a better solution than zless in most
57 cases... closes: #46787, #51162
58 * fix FTBFS when using gcc-4.3, closes: #476031
59 * remove the preinst since the --assert-support-predepends check should
60 no longer be necessary
62 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:26 -0600
64 gzip (1.3.12-5) unstable; urgency=low
66 * patch for zgrep.in from Daniel Kobras, closes: #434429
67 * patch from upstream to fix compilation with mingw32, and patch from
68 Robert Millan to build a win32 executable if mingw32 is available, all
69 to fix a preseeding problem in the win32-loader for Debian Installer.
72 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:46:42 -0700
74 gzip (1.3.12-4) unstable; urgency=low
76 * incorporate diffs from NMUs, closes: #434275, #433845, #438675
77 * define UNALIGNED_OK when building for amd64, closes: #386356
79 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:48:37 -0700
81 gzip (1.3.12-3.2) unstable; urgency=low
83 * Non-maintainer upload.
84 * Stop zdiff from dropping cmp's output. Patch thanks to Jorg-Volker Peetz
87 -- Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:50:29 +1000
89 gzip (1.3.12-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
91 * Non-maintainer upload.
92 * Rename futimens to gz_futimens, since glibc now defines an futimens
93 function with a different prototype. Closes: #433845.
94 * Urgency medium for the RC bug fix.
96 -- Daniel Schepler <schepler@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:52 -0400
98 gzip (1.3.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
100 * fix bindir so gunzip, et al, work again, closes: #429462
102 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:08:59 +0100
104 gzip (1.3.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
106 * fix typo in gzip fprintf, closes: #426965
107 * revert my zgrep.in patch since upstream handles alternates differently now
109 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:17:37 -0400
111 gzip (1.3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
113 * new upstream version, closes: #177942, #225864, #362786, #366660, #367400,
114 #383358, #402042, #404099, #404114, #419895
115 * fix delivery of upstream ChangeLog, closes: #404062
117 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:42 -0400
119 gzip (1.3.9-2) unstable; urgency=low
121 * change direntry ordering in gzip.texi to work around bug in install-info,
124 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:16 -0700
126 gzip (1.3.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
128 * new upstream version, closes: #366660, #403308
129 * clean up a few gratuitous differences from new upstream, leaving
130 only the rsyncable patch and tweaks like zmore always using more
131 * fix spelling error in documentation, closes: #395450
132 * upstream patch for regression uncompressing null input, closes: #403970
134 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:36 -0700
136 gzip (1.3.5-15) unstable; urgency=high
138 * security update, covering the following alerts:
139 CVE-2006-4334 CVE-2006-4335 CVE-2006-4336 CVE-2006-4337 CVE-2006-4338
141 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0600
143 gzip (1.3.5-14) unstable; urgency=medium
145 * update section to match override
146 * patch from Matthew Chapman to avoid deleting input file before we're
147 sure the output file has been written without errors, closes: #366660
148 * patch from Reuben Thomas to fix zgrep return code,
149 closes: #292896, #192891, #190442
150 * enable gzexe compressed files to work on systems where tempfile is not
151 available while retaining preference for tempfile, closes: #334540
153 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:02:27 -0600
155 gzip (1.3.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
157 * patch from Reuben Thomas fixes problem passing zgrep filenames starting
158 with dashes, closes: #342501
159 * fix a spelling error in gzip man page, closes: #356011
160 * document the fact that zless doesn't work with stdin,
161 closes: #320226, #345036
163 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:31:54 -0600
165 gzip (1.3.5-12) unstable; urgency=low
167 * merge patch from Matt Zimmerman for futex hang due to improper signal
168 handling, closes: #310053, #315612
169 * merge patch to add --rsyncable to the man page, closes: #289616, #295721
170 * don't return failing result code on harmless warning, closes: #169669
172 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:10:51 +0300
174 gzip (1.3.5-11) unstable; urgency=low
176 * patch from Peter Samuelson for bashism in zgrep,
177 closes: #314342, #314211, #312380, #310329
179 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:39:11 -0600
181 gzip (1.3.5-10) unstable; urgency=medium
183 * remove PAGER reference from zmore.1, closes: #263792
184 * patch to improve zgrep argument sanitizing (CAN-2005-0758),
186 * patch isolated by Petter Reinholdtsen for CAN-2005-0988, closes: #303927
187 * patch for dir traversal bug (CAN-2005-1228), closes: #305255
188 * up the priority a click because of the security fixes
189 * patch to support cross building, closes: #283730
191 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:34:49 -0600
193 gzip (1.3.5-9) unstable; urgency=low
195 * eliminate the autoconf and automake build dependencies, since they are
196 no longer needed, closes: #250766
197 * improve temp file usage in gzexe, closes: #257314, #259043
198 * have zmore use 'more' instead of honoring $PAGER, to avoid violating
199 the principle of least astonishment, closes: #234212
200 * fix zgrep choke on filenames including a pipe character, closes: #216211
201 * incorporate watch file, closes: #248722
202 * suggest less, since we provide zless, closes: #217925
203 * use signames instead of signumbers for trap calls, closes: #259284
205 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:23:03 -0600
207 gzip (1.3.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
209 * run autoreconf -i to address problem reported with dir.old.gz being
210 included on rebuilds, closes: #249519
211 * change automake build dependency from automake1.7 to automaken
212 * add lintian overrides to squelch the hardlink warnings
213 * fix typo in inflate.c comments, closes: #201881
215 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 23 May 2004 01:07:03 -0600
217 gzip (1.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
219 * patch from David Mosberger to incorporate work done by Sverre Jarp on
220 an ia64 version of match.c content.
222 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:27 -0600
224 gzip (1.3.5-6) unstable; urgency=medium
226 * patch for insecure temp file usage in znew, closes: #193375
228 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:05:11 -0600
230 gzip (1.3.5-5) unstable; urgency=low
232 * apply patch from Anthony Towns that fixes seg faults on alpha during
233 build of Xfree86 at the expense of slightly decreasing the effectiveness
234 of the deflate implementation. closes: #184057, #187417
236 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:23 -0600
238 gzip (1.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
240 * merge patch from Rusty Russell that adds --rsyncable option to gzip.
241 This modifies the output stream to allow rsync to transfer updated .gz
242 files much more effectively. The resulting .gz files should be compatible
243 with the existing gunzip. The plan is that if this works out well for
244 Debian, the functionality will be included in a future upstream gzip
245 release. Closes: #116183, #118118, #134741
247 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:50:23 -0700
249 gzip (1.3.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
251 * upload a fresh version so m68k, et al, will rebuild, closes: #167790
253 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:42 -0700
255 gzip (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
257 * fix gzexe.in again as per what I did for 1.3.2-3 that accidentally got
258 lost when I merged 1.3.5 from upstream... sigh. Closes: #167150
259 * hack on gzip.texi a little harder to squelch warning at install time from
260 Debian's install-info, closes: #164106
262 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:42 -0700
264 gzip (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
266 * new upstream version
267 * fixes a bug in the incorrect-suffix diagnostic, which can lead to a
268 core dump, closes: #152579
269 * removes dangling output symlinks properly, closes: #144759
270 * zless no longer thinks it is zmore in usage message, closes: #121810
271 * zless replaced with a much simpler script, closes: #124097
272 * uses shell pattern matching instead of 'expr', closes: #123295
273 * man page suggests how to use gunzip on zip files, closes: #146019
274 * uses "trap -" to avoid bashism, closes: #140972, #157111
275 * accepts __i386 and __i386__ as synonyms for i386, closes: #152694
276 * fixes printing values greater than 10 * 2**32 bytes, closes: #141189
277 * includes fix for zforce needing -v, closes: #123294
278 * hack gzip.texi so that the Debian install-info doesn't choke on it (grrr),
279 and add texinfo as a build dependency
280 * eliminate things hard-coded in postinst and prerm now handled by debhelper
282 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:05:27 -0600
284 gzip (1.3.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
286 * modify gzexe.in to hard-code /bin/gzip instead of trying to use BINDIR
287 which yields /usr/bin/gzip. Don't use PATH since we have no idea what it
288 might be when the gzexe'd executable gets run. Closes: #119641
290 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:00:59 -0700
292 gzip (1.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
294 * fix silly mistake made when moving man pages from hard to soft links, so
295 man pages for zegrep, zfgrep, and uncompress work again, closes: #118325
297 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:53:40 -0700
299 gzip (1.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
301 * new upstream release, incorporating my diffs to 1.3.1
303 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:47:40 -0700
305 gzip (1.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
307 * add build dependencies on autoconf and automake
308 * fix infodir spec so we install in the build tree, not the system directory
310 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:18:06 -0700
312 gzip (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
314 * new upstream version! From alpha.gnu.org, on the explicit advice of the
315 current upstream maintainers, who are working with Debian to prepare a new
316 stable release that addresses many of the open issues in our BTS.
318 large file support handled in configure, closes: #108612, #83061, #113000
319 it appears the subtle problem with concatenation is fixed, closes: #114591
320 various segfault problems appear fixed, closes: #46312
321 gzip -r issues fixed, closes: #53645, #106186
322 problem with --no-filename option fixed, closes: #59067
323 zgrep -r disallowed - "I did not use the patch as it was not a complete
324 . fix for the problem and I thought it would cause more problems than
325 . it would cure. Instead, I simply disallowed zgrep -r", closes: #81288
326 error message reworded, closes: #76238
327 compression factor output fixed, closes: #80362
328 zgrep -H fixed, closes: #84371
329 permission issue when forced to compress linked file fixed, closes: #88918
330 manpage hardlinks fixed, closes: #94733
331 gzip --help now goes to stdout, closes: #97020
332 zless no longer runs less if file doesn't exist, closes: #109097
333 problem with -best fixed, closes: #17650
334 zgrep now understands --, closes: #28475
335 file size output by gzip fixed for large files, closes: #40721
336 * fix location referenced for GPL on Debian systems, closes: #112095
337 * move install-info remove call from from postrm to prerm
339 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:01:02 -0700
341 gzip (1.2.4-33) unstable; urgency=low
343 * update to current policy
345 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:10:58 -0700
347 gzip (1.2.4-32) unstable; urgency=low
349 * update prototype for and definition of basename function for compatibility
350 with glibc2.0, still in use on m68k. Closes: #45058
352 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:01:47 -0600
354 gzip (1.2.4-31) unstable; urgency=medium
356 * fix problems I induced while merging the upstream patch in the last upload,
357 most notably omitting zless from the package.
358 Closes: #44883, #44885, #44890, #44882, #44887, #44895, #44896
360 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:06:00 -0600
362 gzip (1.2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
364 * upstream patch, closes: #28872
365 1998-11-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
366 gzip.c (get_method): Don't complain about trailing zeros at
367 the end of a gzipped file, as they're commonly appended to fill
368 out a block (e.g. by GNU tar).
369 * update to FHS compliance
371 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:34:07 -0600
373 gzip (1.2.4-29) unstable; urgency=low
375 * apply patch from Vincent Renardias that improves behavior when trying to
376 decompress a corrupted .gz file. Closes 7472, 16385
378 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:50:12 -0700
380 gzip (1.2.4-28) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
382 * patch zforce to make it work at all, closes 22760
383 * patch to fix decompression of concatenated gzip files, closes 30537
385 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:43:09 -0700
387 gzip (1.2.4-27) frozen unstable; urgency=low
389 * patch from Jean-loup (upstream maintainer) for zgrep.in to fix the
390 problems with -A and -B successfully passing to grep. Closes 21209.
392 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:47:15 -0600
394 gzip (1.2.4-26) frozen unstable; urgency=low
396 * fix FSF address in copyright file, lintian now reports no errors
397 * minor tweak to Makefile to fix warnings during dh_installmanpages run
399 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:40:48 -0700
401 gzip (1.2.4-25) frozen unstable; urgency=low
403 * update znew.in and zdiff.in to do save tempfile handling, closes 19794
405 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:48:26 -0700
407 gzip (1.2.4-24) unstable; urgency=low
409 * minor fix for complaints about short files, closes 19159
411 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:21:50 -0700
413 gzip (1.2.4-23) unstable; urgency=high
415 * respond to security advisory from Alan Cox via Christian Hudon, fixes
416 an obscure possibility to get gzip to execute code
418 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:16:59 -0700
420 gzip (1.2.4-22) unstable; urgency=high
422 * gzexe modified to use tempfile in response to security advisory
424 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:30:20 -0700
426 gzip (1.2.4-21) unstable; urgency=low
428 * fix from the upstream maintainer for voluminous "Broken Pipe" messages
429 when using 'zgrep -l' or equivalent. Closes bug 15178.
431 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
433 gzip (1.2.4-20) unstable; urgency=low
435 * freshen rules file to match current debhelper
436 * improve handling of undocumented executables. Closes bug 13578.
438 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
440 gzip (1.2.4-19) unstable; urgency=low
442 * change dependency to Pre-Depends, to keep dpkg from getting hosed during
443 libc6 upgrades. Closes 15091.
444 * switch from debmake to debhelper. In the process, closes 15412.
446 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:42:49 -0700
448 gzip (1.2.4-18) unstable; urgency=low
450 * don't install INSTALL in the doc directory, closes bug 13224.
452 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
454 gzip (1.2.4-17) unstable; urgency=low
456 * fix distribution problem in changelog file
458 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
460 gzip (1.2.4-16) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
463 * tweaks to rules file to install Changelog, closes bug 12488
465 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:46:28 -0600
467 gzip (1.2.4-15) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
469 * fix minor security issue - race condition reported on bugtraq list
470 * rework debian/rules to build with debugging then strip
472 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:14:44 -0700
474 gzip (1.2.4-14) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
476 * The -13 upload was built against a libc5 too new for 'stable'.
478 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:37:31 -0700
480 gzip (1.2.4-13) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
482 * Fix missing "essential" flag on package, lost during standards update.
483 * Push this version back into stable to solve the 'compress' link problem.
485 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:14:14 -0700
487 gzip (1.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low
491 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 02 Nov 1996 14:47:42 -0800
494 Thu Jul 18 01:30:22 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
496 * add zegrep and zfgrep links in /usr/bin (Bug#3326)
497 * add an extended description (Bug#3591)
498 * tweak control files to use dpkg-name, etc.
500 Fri May 24 07:37:54 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
502 * don't provide a 'compress' link since it breaks things, but provide
503 an 'uncompress' link since it's useful.
504 * fix some administrivia
506 Sun Apr 14 20:39:19 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
508 * change gzexe.in to not use BINDIR, but assume gzip is in PATH
509 * add Architecture field in the control file
511 Wed Jan 17 00:07:00 MST 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
513 * switch targets in the Makefile to also install the links called
514 'compress' and 'uncompress' since some utilities care about these,
515 and we're unlikely to ever have a 'compress' package because of the
516 intellectual property issues.
518 Sat Dec 2 23:45:40 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
521 * add 'zless' as a near-clone of 'zmore', closes bug 1776
522 * unable to duplicate bug 1090, something has improved since then?
523 * add libc5 dependency