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