gzip: fix bug with -l output to pipes

[debian/gzip] / NEWS

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@@ -2,12 +2,32 @@ GNU gzip NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 
+** Bug fixes
+
+  gzip -l no longer falsely reports a write error when writing to a pipe.
+  [bug introduced in gzip-1.7]
+
+  Port to Oracle Solaris Studio 12 on x86-64.
+  [bug present since at least gzip-1.2.4]
+
+  When configuring gzip, ./configure DEFS='...-DNO_ASM...' now
+  suppresses assembler again.  [bug introduced in gzip-1.3.5]
+
+
+* Noteworthy changes in release 1.7 (2016-03-27) [stable]
+
 ** Changes in behavior
 
   The GZIP environment variable is now obsolescent; gzip now warns if
   it is used, and rejects attempts to use dangerous options or operands.
   You can use an alias or script instead.
 
+  Installed programs like 'zgrep' now use the PATH environment variable
+  as usual to find subsidiary programs like 'gzip' and 'grep'.
+  Previously they prepended the installation directory to the PATH,
+  which sometimes caused 'make check' to test the wrong gzip executable.
+  [bug introduced in gzip-1.3.13]
+
 ** New features
 
   gzip now accepts the --synchronous option, which causes it to use
@@ -29,6 +49,10 @@ GNU gzip NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   gzip -k -v no longer reports that files are replaced.
   [bug present since the beginning]
 
+  zgrep -f A B C no longer reads A more than once if A is not a regular file.
+  This better supports invocations like 'zgrep -f <(COMMAND) B C' in Bash.
+  [bug introduced in gzip-1.2]
+
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release 1.6 (2013-06-09) [stable]