1 gzip (1.4-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * add Vcs entries to control file
5 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:09:14 -0700
7 gzip (1.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
11 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:15:06 -0600
13 gzip (1.3.12-9) unstable; urgency=high
15 * fix applied for CVE-2010-0001 which identified an integer underflow when
16 decompressing files that are compressed using the LZW algorithm. This
17 could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when trying to decompress
18 a crafted LZW compressed gzip archive.
19 * switch to using dh_lintian for override delivery
21 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:38:41 +1300
23 gzip (1.3.12-8) unstable; urgency=low
25 * Add Carl Worth as an uploader.
26 * Fix "-f -" to work with zgrep, closes: #168606
27 * Avoid creating undersized hufts table, closes: #507263
29 -- Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:54:37 -0800
31 gzip (1.3.12-7) unstable; urgency=low
33 * improve package descriptions, remove ancient package relationship spec
34 in control file, closes: #484547
36 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:54:48 -0700
38 gzip (1.3.12-6) unstable; urgency=low
40 * strip the win32 gzip.exe binary during install, closes: #464455
41 * patch from Reuben Thomas for the zless.1 man page with pointers to
42 lessfile and lesspipe, which are a better solution than zless in most
43 cases... closes: #46787, #51162
44 * fix FTBFS when using gcc-4.3, closes: #476031
45 * remove the preinst since the --assert-support-predepends check should
46 no longer be necessary
48 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:26 -0600
50 gzip (1.3.12-5) unstable; urgency=low
52 * patch for zgrep.in from Daniel Kobras, closes: #434429
53 * patch from upstream to fix compilation with mingw32, and patch from
54 Robert Millan to build a win32 executable if mingw32 is available, all
55 to fix a preseeding problem in the win32-loader for Debian Installer.
58 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:46:42 -0700
60 gzip (1.3.12-4) unstable; urgency=low
62 * incorporate diffs from NMUs, closes: #434275, #433845, #438675
63 * define UNALIGNED_OK when building for amd64, closes: #386356
65 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:48:37 -0700
67 gzip (1.3.12-3.2) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Non-maintainer upload.
70 * Stop zdiff from dropping cmp's output. Patch thanks to Jorg-Volker Peetz
73 -- Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:50:29 +1000
75 gzip (1.3.12-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
77 * Non-maintainer upload.
78 * Rename futimens to gz_futimens, since glibc now defines an futimens
79 function with a different prototype. Closes: #433845.
80 * Urgency medium for the RC bug fix.
82 -- Daniel Schepler <schepler@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:52 -0400
84 gzip (1.3.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
86 * fix bindir so gunzip, et al, work again, closes: #429462
88 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:08:59 +0100
90 gzip (1.3.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
92 * fix typo in gzip fprintf, closes: #426965
93 * revert my zgrep.in patch since upstream handles alternates differently now
95 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:17:37 -0400
97 gzip (1.3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
99 * new upstream version, closes: #177942, #225864, #362786, #366660, #367400,
100 #383358, #402042, #404099, #404114, #419895
101 * fix delivery of upstream ChangeLog, closes: #404062
103 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:42 -0400
105 gzip (1.3.9-2) unstable; urgency=low
107 * change direntry ordering in gzip.texi to work around bug in install-info,
110 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:16 -0700
112 gzip (1.3.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
114 * new upstream version, closes: #366660, #403308
115 * clean up a few gratuitous differences from new upstream, leaving
116 only the rsyncable patch and tweaks like zmore always using more
117 * fix spelling error in documentation, closes: #395450
118 * upstream patch for regression uncompressing null input, closes: #403970
120 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:36 -0700
122 gzip (1.3.5-15) unstable; urgency=high
124 * security update, covering the following alerts:
125 CVE-2006-4334 CVE-2006-4335 CVE-2006-4336 CVE-2006-4337 CVE-2006-4338
127 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0600
129 gzip (1.3.5-14) unstable; urgency=medium
131 * update section to match override
132 * patch from Matthew Chapman to avoid deleting input file before we're
133 sure the output file has been written without errors, closes: #366660
134 * patch from Reuben Thomas to fix zgrep return code,
135 closes: #292896, #192891, #190442
136 * enable gzexe compressed files to work on systems where tempfile is not
137 available while retaining preference for tempfile, closes: #334540
139 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:02:27 -0600
141 gzip (1.3.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
143 * patch from Reuben Thomas fixes problem passing zgrep filenames starting
144 with dashes, closes: #342501
145 * fix a spelling error in gzip man page, closes: #356011
146 * document the fact that zless doesn't work with stdin,
147 closes: #320226, #345036
149 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:31:54 -0600
151 gzip (1.3.5-12) unstable; urgency=low
153 * merge patch from Matt Zimmerman for futex hang due to improper signal
154 handling, closes: #310053, #315612
155 * merge patch to add --rsyncable to the man page, closes: #289616, #295721
156 * don't return failing result code on harmless warning, closes: #169669
158 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:10:51 +0300
160 gzip (1.3.5-11) unstable; urgency=low
162 * patch from Peter Samuelson for bashism in zgrep,
163 closes: #314342, #314211, #312380, #310329
165 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:39:11 -0600
167 gzip (1.3.5-10) unstable; urgency=medium
169 * remove PAGER reference from zmore.1, closes: #263792
170 * patch to improve zgrep argument sanitizing (CAN-2005-0758),
172 * patch isolated by Petter Reinholdtsen for CAN-2005-0988, closes: #303927
173 * patch for dir traversal bug (CAN-2005-1228), closes: #305255
174 * up the priority a click because of the security fixes
175 * patch to support cross building, closes: #283730
177 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:34:49 -0600
179 gzip (1.3.5-9) unstable; urgency=low
181 * eliminate the autoconf and automake build dependencies, since they are
182 no longer needed, closes: #250766
183 * improve temp file usage in gzexe, closes: #257314, #259043
184 * have zmore use 'more' instead of honoring $PAGER, to avoid violating
185 the principle of least astonishment, closes: #234212
186 * fix zgrep choke on filenames including a pipe character, closes: #216211
187 * incorporate watch file, closes: #248722
188 * suggest less, since we provide zless, closes: #217925
189 * use signames instead of signumbers for trap calls, closes: #259284
191 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:23:03 -0600
193 gzip (1.3.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
195 * run autoreconf -i to address problem reported with dir.old.gz being
196 included on rebuilds, closes: #249519
197 * change automake build dependency from automake1.7 to automaken
198 * add lintian overrides to squelch the hardlink warnings
199 * fix typo in inflate.c comments, closes: #201881
201 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 23 May 2004 01:07:03 -0600
203 gzip (1.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
205 * patch from David Mosberger to incorporate work done by Sverre Jarp on
206 an ia64 version of match.c content.
208 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:27 -0600
210 gzip (1.3.5-6) unstable; urgency=medium
212 * patch for insecure temp file usage in znew, closes: #193375
214 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:05:11 -0600
216 gzip (1.3.5-5) unstable; urgency=low
218 * apply patch from Anthony Towns that fixes seg faults on alpha during
219 build of Xfree86 at the expense of slightly decreasing the effectiveness
220 of the deflate implementation. closes: #184057, #187417
222 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:23 -0600
224 gzip (1.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
226 * merge patch from Rusty Russell that adds --rsyncable option to gzip.
227 This modifies the output stream to allow rsync to transfer updated .gz
228 files much more effectively. The resulting .gz files should be compatible
229 with the existing gunzip. The plan is that if this works out well for
230 Debian, the functionality will be included in a future upstream gzip
231 release. Closes: #116183, #118118, #134741
233 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:50:23 -0700
235 gzip (1.3.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
237 * upload a fresh version so m68k, et al, will rebuild, closes: #167790
239 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:42 -0700
241 gzip (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
243 * fix gzexe.in again as per what I did for 1.3.2-3 that accidentally got
244 lost when I merged 1.3.5 from upstream... sigh. Closes: #167150
245 * hack on gzip.texi a little harder to squelch warning at install time from
246 Debian's install-info, closes: #164106
248 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:42 -0700
250 gzip (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
252 * new upstream version
253 * fixes a bug in the incorrect-suffix diagnostic, which can lead to a
254 core dump, closes: #152579
255 * removes dangling output symlinks properly, closes: #144759
256 * zless no longer thinks it is zmore in usage message, closes: #121810
257 * zless replaced with a much simpler script, closes: #124097
258 * uses shell pattern matching instead of 'expr', closes: #123295
259 * man page suggests how to use gunzip on zip files, closes: #146019
260 * uses "trap -" to avoid bashism, closes: #140972, #157111
261 * accepts __i386 and __i386__ as synonyms for i386, closes: #152694
262 * fixes printing values greater than 10 * 2**32 bytes, closes: #141189
263 * includes fix for zforce needing -v, closes: #123294
264 * hack gzip.texi so that the Debian install-info doesn't choke on it (grrr),
265 and add texinfo as a build dependency
266 * eliminate things hard-coded in postinst and prerm now handled by debhelper
268 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:05:27 -0600
270 gzip (1.3.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
272 * modify gzexe.in to hard-code /bin/gzip instead of trying to use BINDIR
273 which yields /usr/bin/gzip. Don't use PATH since we have no idea what it
274 might be when the gzexe'd executable gets run. Closes: #119641
276 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:00:59 -0700
278 gzip (1.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
280 * fix silly mistake made when moving man pages from hard to soft links, so
281 man pages for zegrep, zfgrep, and uncompress work again, closes: #118325
283 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:53:40 -0700
285 gzip (1.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
287 * new upstream release, incorporating my diffs to 1.3.1
289 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:47:40 -0700
291 gzip (1.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
293 * add build dependencies on autoconf and automake
294 * fix infodir spec so we install in the build tree, not the system directory
296 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:18:06 -0700
298 gzip (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
300 * new upstream version! From alpha.gnu.org, on the explicit advice of the
301 current upstream maintainers, who are working with Debian to prepare a new
302 stable release that addresses many of the open issues in our BTS.
304 large file support handled in configure, closes: #108612, #83061, #113000
305 it appears the subtle problem with concatenation is fixed, closes: #114591
306 various segfault problems appear fixed, closes: #46312
307 gzip -r issues fixed, closes: #53645, #106186
308 problem with --no-filename option fixed, closes: #59067
309 zgrep -r disallowed - "I did not use the patch as it was not a complete
310 . fix for the problem and I thought it would cause more problems than
311 . it would cure. Instead, I simply disallowed zgrep -r", closes: #81288
312 error message reworded, closes: #76238
313 compression factor output fixed, closes: #80362
314 zgrep -H fixed, closes: #84371
315 permission issue when forced to compress linked file fixed, closes: #88918
316 manpage hardlinks fixed, closes: #94733
317 gzip --help now goes to stdout, closes: #97020
318 zless no longer runs less if file doesn't exist, closes: #109097
319 problem with -best fixed, closes: #17650
320 zgrep now understands --, closes: #28475
321 file size output by gzip fixed for large files, closes: #40721
322 * fix location referenced for GPL on Debian systems, closes: #112095
323 * move install-info remove call from from postrm to prerm
325 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:01:02 -0700
327 gzip (1.2.4-33) unstable; urgency=low
329 * update to current policy
331 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:10:58 -0700
333 gzip (1.2.4-32) unstable; urgency=low
335 * update prototype for and definition of basename function for compatibility
336 with glibc2.0, still in use on m68k. Closes: #45058
338 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:01:47 -0600
340 gzip (1.2.4-31) unstable; urgency=medium
342 * fix problems I induced while merging the upstream patch in the last upload,
343 most notably omitting zless from the package.
344 Closes: #44883, #44885, #44890, #44882, #44887, #44895, #44896
346 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:06:00 -0600
348 gzip (1.2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
350 * upstream patch, closes: #28872
351 1998-11-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
352 gzip.c (get_method): Don't complain about trailing zeros at
353 the end of a gzipped file, as they're commonly appended to fill
354 out a block (e.g. by GNU tar).
355 * update to FHS compliance
357 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:34:07 -0600
359 gzip (1.2.4-29) unstable; urgency=low
361 * apply patch from Vincent Renardias that improves behavior when trying to
362 decompress a corrupted .gz file. Closes 7472, 16385
364 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:50:12 -0700
366 gzip (1.2.4-28) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
368 * patch zforce to make it work at all, closes 22760
369 * patch to fix decompression of concatenated gzip files, closes 30537
371 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:43:09 -0700
373 gzip (1.2.4-27) frozen unstable; urgency=low
375 * patch from Jean-loup (upstream maintainer) for zgrep.in to fix the
376 problems with -A and -B successfully passing to grep. Closes 21209.
378 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:47:15 -0600
380 gzip (1.2.4-26) frozen unstable; urgency=low
382 * fix FSF address in copyright file, lintian now reports no errors
383 * minor tweak to Makefile to fix warnings during dh_installmanpages run
385 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:40:48 -0700
387 gzip (1.2.4-25) frozen unstable; urgency=low
389 * update znew.in and zdiff.in to do save tempfile handling, closes 19794
391 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:48:26 -0700
393 gzip (1.2.4-24) unstable; urgency=low
395 * minor fix for complaints about short files, closes 19159
397 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:21:50 -0700
399 gzip (1.2.4-23) unstable; urgency=high
401 * respond to security advisory from Alan Cox via Christian Hudon, fixes
402 an obscure possibility to get gzip to execute code
404 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:16:59 -0700
406 gzip (1.2.4-22) unstable; urgency=high
408 * gzexe modified to use tempfile in response to security advisory
410 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:30:20 -0700
412 gzip (1.2.4-21) unstable; urgency=low
414 * fix from the upstream maintainer for voluminous "Broken Pipe" messages
415 when using 'zgrep -l' or equivalent. Closes bug 15178.
417 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
419 gzip (1.2.4-20) unstable; urgency=low
421 * freshen rules file to match current debhelper
422 * improve handling of undocumented executables. Closes bug 13578.
424 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
426 gzip (1.2.4-19) unstable; urgency=low
428 * change dependency to Pre-Depends, to keep dpkg from getting hosed during
429 libc6 upgrades. Closes 15091.
430 * switch from debmake to debhelper. In the process, closes 15412.
432 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:42:49 -0700
434 gzip (1.2.4-18) unstable; urgency=low
436 * don't install INSTALL in the doc directory, closes bug 13224.
438 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
440 gzip (1.2.4-17) unstable; urgency=low
442 * fix distribution problem in changelog file
444 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
446 gzip (1.2.4-16) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
449 * tweaks to rules file to install Changelog, closes bug 12488
451 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:46:28 -0600
453 gzip (1.2.4-15) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
455 * fix minor security issue - race condition reported on bugtraq list
456 * rework debian/rules to build with debugging then strip
458 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:14:44 -0700
460 gzip (1.2.4-14) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
462 * The -13 upload was built against a libc5 too new for 'stable'.
464 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:37:31 -0700
466 gzip (1.2.4-13) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
468 * Fix missing "essential" flag on package, lost during standards update.
469 * Push this version back into stable to solve the 'compress' link problem.
471 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:14:14 -0700
473 gzip (1.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low
477 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 02 Nov 1996 14:47:42 -0800
480 Thu Jul 18 01:30:22 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
482 * add zegrep and zfgrep links in /usr/bin (Bug#3326)
483 * add an extended description (Bug#3591)
484 * tweak control files to use dpkg-name, etc.
486 Fri May 24 07:37:54 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
488 * don't provide a 'compress' link since it breaks things, but provide
489 an 'uncompress' link since it's useful.
490 * fix some administrivia
492 Sun Apr 14 20:39:19 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
494 * change gzexe.in to not use BINDIR, but assume gzip is in PATH
495 * add Architecture field in the control file
497 Wed Jan 17 00:07:00 MST 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
499 * switch targets in the Makefile to also install the links called
500 'compress' and 'uncompress' since some utilities care about these,
501 and we're unlikely to ever have a 'compress' package because of the
502 intellectual property issues.
504 Sat Dec 2 23:45:40 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
507 * add 'zless' as a near-clone of 'zmore', closes bug 1776
508 * unable to duplicate bug 1090, something has improved since then?
509 * add libc5 dependency