X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ChangeLog;fp=ChangeLog;h=545e057655e2d75d1430c39700c86da9bf60cb41;hb=a8a88eddaa90432e6ec1b8d9d5c9842bc91afd1d;hp=bccd73c1293a46db2afc74ca607e8ba9d2f0e806;hpb=20fcfc81ece044b8b0a6768ec6cf47be4e22a2e6;p=debian%2Fgzip diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index bccd73c..545e057 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,352 @@ +2018-01-07 Jim Meyering + + version 1.9 + * NEWS: Record release date. + +2018-01-06 Paul Eggert + + gzexe: port to macOS mktemp + Problem reported by Jeffrey Walton (Bug#30000). + * gzexe.in, zdiff.in, zgrep.in: + Don’t assume that mktemp works when given no arguments, + as this is not true for macOS. Instead, use a syntax + that should work with coreutils, NetBSD, and macOS. + While we’re in the neighborhood, be more consistent about how program + names are used in temporary file names. Also, watch out for TMPDIR + values that are not absolute file names, since they can cause problems + (e.g., leading "-"). + +2018-01-03 Jim Meyering + + maint: update gnulib and copyright dates for 2018 + * gnulib: Update to latest. + * bootstrap: Update from gnulib. + * all files: Run "make update-copyright". + +2017-12-16 Jim Meyering + + build: update gnulib to latest + +2017-11-24 Paul Eggert + + maint: zforce and zmore exit status cleanup + Problem reported by Nelson H. F. Beebe. + * zforce.in, zmore.in: On failure, exit with status 1 instead of + with whatever failing status that printf or mv exited with. + +2017-11-23 Paul Eggert + + gzexe: ensure file always exists + * gzexe.in: When in a filesystem that does not support symlinks, + use rm+cp rather than mv to make backups, so that the argument + file always exists. + +2017-11-23 Jim Meyering + + build: update gnulib to latest + +2017-11-16 Jim Meyering + + gzexe: work even without the ability to make a hard link + * gzexe.in: When ln -f fails to create a "~"-style backup, + fall back to using mv -f. + Reported by Bruno Haible in http://debbugs.gnu.org/29266 + +2017-11-15 Jim Meyering + + build: make each generated script unwritable + * Makefile.am (.in): Ensure that each generated script is unwritable. + This makes it less likely that someone (even me) will mistakenly + modify one of those generated files. + +2017-11-13 Jim Meyering + + zless, znew: exit 1 upon --help or --version write failure + * zless.in: Exit 1 upon --help or --version write error. + * znew.in: Likewise. + +2017-11-12 Paul Eggert + + maint: script diagnostics status cleanup + Problem reported by Bruno Haible (Bug#29266#20). + * NEWS: Mention this. + * gunzip.in, gzexe.in, zcat.in, zcmp.in, zdiff.in, zforce.in: + * zgrep.in, zless.in, zmore.in, znew.in: + Use printf instead of echo if the argument might contain ‘\’, at + least in theory. Don’t assume printf exits with status 1 on + failure; it might be some other positive status. + * gzexe.in: Use printf consistently instead of echo, and + proscribe it instead of echo. + + tests: don’t be so strict about timestamps + * tests/timestamp: We’ve had many false alarms about timestamps + that are not gzip problems, but instead are problems with ‘touch’. + Attempt to work around them by not trusting ‘touch’ so much. + Problems and parts of solutions proposed by Bruno Haible. + +2017-11-10 Paul Eggert + + build: update gnulib submodule to latest + +2017-11-09 Jim Meyering + + gnulib: update to latest + + maint: use noreturn, not ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN + Use gnulib's stdnoreturn module so we can include + and the "noreturn" helper macro, thus + replacing the definition and uses of ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN. + * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add stdnoreturn. + * gzip.h (ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN): Remove definition. + Include stdnoreturn.h and use "noreturn" for each + ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN-adorned function declaration. + * gzip.c (do_exit, try_help): Use "noreturn". + + tests: unpack-invalid: correct and clean up a test + * tests/unpack-invalid: There was a logic error that would have + caused this test to ignore a failure if first iteration of the + loop set fail=1 and the second one reset it to 0. Also, use + "returns_ 1 ...", to require an exit status of 1. + +2017-11-07 Paul Eggert + + gzip: diagnose out-of-range MTIME + This seems to be the problem reported by Bruno Haible for GNU/Hurd + i386 with touch 8.26 and glibc 2.24 (Bug#29033#20). + * NEWS: Document this. + * gzip.c (get_method): If MTIME is out of range for + this platform, warn and substitute the nearest in-range + value, instead of silently ignoring it. + (do_list): Remove no-longer-needed test for unknown time stamp. + +2017-11-06 Paul Eggert + + misc: diagnose year-2038 configuration problems + * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add year2038. + * m4/.gitignore: Add year2038.m4[ + + maint: remove IMPORT_FROM_GETTEXT + * bootstrap.conf (IMPORT_FROM_GETTEXT): Remove. + This is a relic from older Gnulib, and has no effect now. + +2017-10-29 Jim Meyering + + tests/unpack-valid: port to printf that do not grok hex + Many versions of printf do not handle hexadecimal in a format string, + so this test would fail. + * tests/init.cfg (hex_printf_): Copied from grep's tests/init.cfg. + * tests/unpack-valid: Use hex_printf_. + Reported by Bruno Haible in https://bugs.gnu.org/29033#26 + + gnulib: update to latest; also update tests/init.sh from gnulib + + gzip: fix bug with any upper case custom ('-S'-specified) suffix + Any user-specified suffix with an upper case + letter would fail to match desired file. + * gzip.c (get_suffix): First, arrange to have only one return + point rather than two. Put a lower-cased (just-malloc'd) copy + of z_suffix in the suffix vector, and free it before returning. + * tests/upper-suffix: New file. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. + * NEWS: Mention it. + Reported by meo@xenialab.it in https://bugs.gnu.org/29006 + +2017-10-16 Paul Eggert + + gzip: fix bug in unpack EOB check + Problem reported by Vidar Holen (Bug#28861). + * NEWS: Mention fix. + * tests/unpack-valid: New test. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it. + * unpack.c (build_tree): Report an error if Huffman tree has + too few leaves. + * unpack.c (unpack): Fix check for EOB. + Remove now-unnecessary check for code out of range. + +2017-09-19 Jim Meyering + + maint: fix "make syntax-check": remove useless HAVE_UTIME_H definitions + * tailor.h: Don't define HAVE_UTIME_H. + + maint: avoid "make syntax-check" failure due to old-NEWS modification + * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Update, to reflect recent NEWS correction. + +2017-09-19 Paul Eggert + + gzexe: improve usage diagnostic + * gzexe.in (usage): Reword for clarity (Bug#28514). + + misc: update --version copyright + * gunzip.in, gzexe.in, gzip.c, zcat.in, zdiff.in, zforce.in, zgrep.in: + * zless.in, zmore.in, znew.in: Update copyright year in --version + output to 2017. + + maint: prefer HTTPS to HTTP, FTP in URLs + + maint: copy bootstrap from Gnulib + + maint: port to GCC 7.2 + * configure.ac (WERROR_CFLAGS): Avoid -Wduplicated-branches. + * tailor.h (FALLTHROUGH): New macro, taken from Emacs. + * gzip.c (main): Use it. + + maint: update .gitignore for recent Gnulib + + build: update gnulib submodule to latest + +2017-05-07 Jim Meyering + + maint: also distribute a zip-compressed tarball + * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Add dist-zip, for + those lacking gzip, 7zip, etc. Suggested by Karl Berry in + https://bugs.gnu.org/25538. + +2017-03-13 Paul Eggert + + gzip: port zdiff, zless to Busybox + Problem reported by Denys Zagorui (Bug#26088). + * tests/zdiff: Check that diff uses POSIX-format output. + * zless.in (less_version): Don't exit merely because 'less -V' + fails; instead, assume 'less' is compatible with an old version of + the original 'less'. Busybox 'less -V' fails, but apparently its + 'less' works anyway somehow. + +2017-02-06 Jim Meyering + + tests: avoid failure when running with no tty + * tests/help-version (zcat_setup): Export TERM=dumb, to avoid zless + malfunction. Reported by Assaf Gordon in https://bugs.gnu.org/25636#8 + + gnulib: update to latest; and tests/init.sh and bootstrap + + maint: change "time stamp" to "timestamp" globally + This avoids a new syntax-check failure. + * ChangeLog-2007: Perform that change. + * NEWS: Likewise. + * algorithm.doc: Likewise. + * doc/gzip.texi: Likewise. + * gunzip.in: Likewise. + * gzip.1: Likewise. + * gzip.c: Likewise. + * gzip.h: Likewise. + * m4/.gitignore: Likewise. + * sample/ztouch: Likewise. + * tests/timestamp: Likewise. + * unzip.c: Likewise. + * zip.c: Likewise. + * znew.1: Likewise. + * cfg.mk: Update the old news hash accordingly. + +2017-01-01 Jim Meyering + + maint: tweak a distcheck rule + * dist-check.mk (my-distcheck): Don't use --disable-nls. + That option is now unrecognized. + + maint: update gnulib and copyright dates for 2017 + * gnulib: Update to latest. + * all files: Run "make update-copyright". + +2016-11-08 Jim Meyering + + maint: use "returns_" rather than explicit comparison with "$?" + * tests/zdiff: Use "returns_ 1" rather than testing $? = 1. + * tests/hufts: Likewise. + * tests/timestamp: Likewise, but s/1/2/. + +2016-11-04 Paul Eggert + + gzip: minor time stamp cleanups + * NEWS: Document this. + * gzip.c (get_method): Do not warn about MTIME out of range. + This should avoid useless chatter on hosts with 32-bit time_t + after the year 2038 (!). + (do_list): Do not pass junk time stamp to localtime. + (copy_stat): Do not report "time stamp restored" if restoration + fails. + + gzip: --no-time cleanup + Problem reported by Jim Meyering (Bug#24826). + * gzip.c (longopts): Remove non-working no-time entry. + (help) [UNDOCUMENTED]: Don't document it. + + gzip --no-name: avoid spurious warning + Problem reported by Jim Meyering (Bug#24826). + * tests/timestamp: Add a test from Jim Meyering to exercise the fix + * zip.c (zip): Treat unknown time stamps as 0. + +2016-10-24 Jim Meyering + + maint: update .gitignore files to ignore more generated files + +2016-10-02 Jim Meyering + + maint: avoid unwarranted "make syntax-check" failure + * tests/timestamp: Reorder "rm" arguments so the doubled-word + syntax-check rule does not detect a false positive "in in" here. + + gnulib: update to latest + +2016-09-07 Paul Eggert + + * doc/gzip.texi: Fix off-by-one timestamp. + +2016-09-06 Paul Eggert + + gzip: fix some Y2038 etc. bugs + * NEWS: Document this. + * gzip.c (get_method): Warn about out-of-range MTIME, + and ignore it instead of relying on possibly-undefined behavior. + * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add timestamp. + * tests/timestamp: New test. + * zip.c (zip): Warn about out-of-range file time stamp. + +2016-08-29 Jim Meyering + + maint: fix gzip-specific syntax-check rule + * cfg.mk (sc_gzip_copyright_check): This rule had two problems. + It was failing erroneously (the copyright date in gzip.c is fine), + yet it was complaining. The first problem is that the rule's + diagnostic mentioned the wrong file: lib/version-etc.c, rather than + ./gzip.c. The second problem is that it specified this file name + via "in_files" rather than the "in_vc_files" variable. + +2016-06-12 Paul Eggert + + gzip: fix port to Atari by not defining ASMV + Problem reported by Helmut Karlowski in: http://bugs.gnu.org/23751 + * tailor.h (ASMV) [ATARI || atarist]: Do not define. + +2016-06-12 Paul Eggert + + gzip: drop mentions of Amiga, VMS + These platforms were not supported anyway, and their code was + suffering from bitrot. This patch may also fix some file name + glitches on MS-Windowsish platforms. + * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add dosname. + * gzip.c: Include dosname.h. + (shorten_name, treat_dir): Use last_component rather than looking + at path separators by hand. + * tailor.h: Remove sections on porting to VMS and to Amiga, + since dosname.h doesn't support these platforms anyway. + (PATH_SEP2, PATH_SEP3, STDC_HEADERS, SUFFIX_SEP, RECORD_IO) + (HAVE_CHOWN, HAVE_LSTAT, HAVE_SYS_DIR_H, direct): Remove. All + uses removed. Many uses replaced by calls to ISSLASH and/or + last_component. + +2016-04-29 Jim Meyering + + maint: arrange for better URLs in generated announcement message + * cfg.mk (url_dir_list): Define. I had been correcting the generated + URLs by hand, just before the announcement. This is better. + 2016-04-26 Jim Meyering + maint: post-release administrivia + * NEWS: Add header line for next release. + * .prev-version: Record previous version. + * cfg.mk (old_NEWS_hash): Auto-update. + version 1.8 * NEWS: Record release date.