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