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,
8 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:59:46 -0700
10 gzip (1.3.12-9) unstable; urgency=high
12 * fix applied for CVE-2010-0001 which identified an integer underflow when
13 decompressing files that are compressed using the LZW algorithm. This
14 could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when trying to decompress
15 a crafted LZW compressed gzip archive.
16 * switch to using dh_lintian for override delivery
18 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:38:41 +1300
20 gzip (1.3.12-8) unstable; urgency=low
22 * Add Carl Worth as an uploader.
23 * Fix "-f -" to work with zgrep, closes: #168606
24 * Avoid creating undersized hufts table, closes: #507263
26 -- Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:54:37 -0800
28 gzip (1.3.12-7) unstable; urgency=low
30 * improve package descriptions, remove ancient package relationship spec
31 in control file, closes: #484547
33 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:54:48 -0700
35 gzip (1.3.12-6) unstable; urgency=low
37 * strip the win32 gzip.exe binary during install, closes: #464455
38 * patch from Reuben Thomas for the zless.1 man page with pointers to
39 lessfile and lesspipe, which are a better solution than zless in most
40 cases... closes: #46787, #51162
41 * fix FTBFS when using gcc-4.3, closes: #476031
42 * remove the preinst since the --assert-support-predepends check should
43 no longer be necessary
45 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:26 -0600
47 gzip (1.3.12-5) unstable; urgency=low
49 * patch for zgrep.in from Daniel Kobras, closes: #434429
50 * patch from upstream to fix compilation with mingw32, and patch from
51 Robert Millan to build a win32 executable if mingw32 is available, all
52 to fix a preseeding problem in the win32-loader for Debian Installer.
55 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:46:42 -0700
57 gzip (1.3.12-4) unstable; urgency=low
59 * incorporate diffs from NMUs, closes: #434275, #433845, #438675
60 * define UNALIGNED_OK when building for amd64, closes: #386356
62 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:48:37 -0700
64 gzip (1.3.12-3.2) unstable; urgency=low
66 * Non-maintainer upload.
67 * Stop zdiff from dropping cmp's output. Patch thanks to Jorg-Volker Peetz
70 -- Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:50:29 +1000
72 gzip (1.3.12-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
74 * Non-maintainer upload.
75 * Rename futimens to gz_futimens, since glibc now defines an futimens
76 function with a different prototype. Closes: #433845.
77 * Urgency medium for the RC bug fix.
79 -- Daniel Schepler <schepler@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:52 -0400
81 gzip (1.3.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
83 * fix bindir so gunzip, et al, work again, closes: #429462
85 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:08:59 +0100
87 gzip (1.3.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
89 * fix typo in gzip fprintf, closes: #426965
90 * revert my zgrep.in patch since upstream handles alternates differently now
92 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:17:37 -0400
94 gzip (1.3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
96 * new upstream version, closes: #177942, #225864, #362786, #366660, #367400,
97 #383358, #402042, #404099, #404114, #419895
98 * fix delivery of upstream ChangeLog, closes: #404062
100 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:42 -0400
102 gzip (1.3.9-2) unstable; urgency=low
104 * change direntry ordering in gzip.texi to work around bug in install-info,
107 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:16 -0700
109 gzip (1.3.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
111 * new upstream version, closes: #366660, #403308
112 * clean up a few gratuitous differences from new upstream, leaving
113 only the rsyncable patch and tweaks like zmore always using more
114 * fix spelling error in documentation, closes: #395450
115 * upstream patch for regression uncompressing null input, closes: #403970
117 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:36 -0700
119 gzip (1.3.5-15) unstable; urgency=high
121 * security update, covering the following alerts:
122 CVE-2006-4334 CVE-2006-4335 CVE-2006-4336 CVE-2006-4337 CVE-2006-4338
124 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0600
126 gzip (1.3.5-14) unstable; urgency=medium
128 * update section to match override
129 * patch from Matthew Chapman to avoid deleting input file before we're
130 sure the output file has been written without errors, closes: #366660
131 * patch from Reuben Thomas to fix zgrep return code,
132 closes: #292896, #192891, #190442
133 * enable gzexe compressed files to work on systems where tempfile is not
134 available while retaining preference for tempfile, closes: #334540
136 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:02:27 -0600
138 gzip (1.3.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
140 * patch from Reuben Thomas fixes problem passing zgrep filenames starting
141 with dashes, closes: #342501
142 * fix a spelling error in gzip man page, closes: #356011
143 * document the fact that zless doesn't work with stdin,
144 closes: #320226, #345036
146 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:31:54 -0600
148 gzip (1.3.5-12) unstable; urgency=low
150 * merge patch from Matt Zimmerman for futex hang due to improper signal
151 handling, closes: #310053, #315612
152 * merge patch to add --rsyncable to the man page, closes: #289616, #295721
153 * don't return failing result code on harmless warning, closes: #169669
155 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:10:51 +0300
157 gzip (1.3.5-11) unstable; urgency=low
159 * patch from Peter Samuelson for bashism in zgrep,
160 closes: #314342, #314211, #312380, #310329
162 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:39:11 -0600
164 gzip (1.3.5-10) unstable; urgency=medium
166 * remove PAGER reference from zmore.1, closes: #263792
167 * patch to improve zgrep argument sanitizing (CAN-2005-0758),
169 * patch isolated by Petter Reinholdtsen for CAN-2005-0988, closes: #303927
170 * patch for dir traversal bug (CAN-2005-1228), closes: #305255
171 * up the priority a click because of the security fixes
172 * patch to support cross building, closes: #283730
174 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:34:49 -0600
176 gzip (1.3.5-9) unstable; urgency=low
178 * eliminate the autoconf and automake build dependencies, since they are
179 no longer needed, closes: #250766
180 * improve temp file usage in gzexe, closes: #257314, #259043
181 * have zmore use 'more' instead of honoring $PAGER, to avoid violating
182 the principle of least astonishment, closes: #234212
183 * fix zgrep choke on filenames including a pipe character, closes: #216211
184 * incorporate watch file, closes: #248722
185 * suggest less, since we provide zless, closes: #217925
186 * use signames instead of signumbers for trap calls, closes: #259284
188 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:23:03 -0600
190 gzip (1.3.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
192 * run autoreconf -i to address problem reported with dir.old.gz being
193 included on rebuilds, closes: #249519
194 * change automake build dependency from automake1.7 to automaken
195 * add lintian overrides to squelch the hardlink warnings
196 * fix typo in inflate.c comments, closes: #201881
198 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 23 May 2004 01:07:03 -0600
200 gzip (1.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
202 * patch from David Mosberger to incorporate work done by Sverre Jarp on
203 an ia64 version of match.c content.
205 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:27 -0600
207 gzip (1.3.5-6) unstable; urgency=medium
209 * patch for insecure temp file usage in znew, closes: #193375
211 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:05:11 -0600
213 gzip (1.3.5-5) unstable; urgency=low
215 * apply patch from Anthony Towns that fixes seg faults on alpha during
216 build of Xfree86 at the expense of slightly decreasing the effectiveness
217 of the deflate implementation. closes: #184057, #187417
219 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:23 -0600
221 gzip (1.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
223 * merge patch from Rusty Russell that adds --rsyncable option to gzip.
224 This modifies the output stream to allow rsync to transfer updated .gz
225 files much more effectively. The resulting .gz files should be compatible
226 with the existing gunzip. The plan is that if this works out well for
227 Debian, the functionality will be included in a future upstream gzip
228 release. Closes: #116183, #118118, #134741
230 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:50:23 -0700
232 gzip (1.3.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
234 * upload a fresh version so m68k, et al, will rebuild, closes: #167790
236 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:42 -0700
238 gzip (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
240 * fix gzexe.in again as per what I did for 1.3.2-3 that accidentally got
241 lost when I merged 1.3.5 from upstream... sigh. Closes: #167150
242 * hack on gzip.texi a little harder to squelch warning at install time from
243 Debian's install-info, closes: #164106
245 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:42 -0700
247 gzip (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
249 * new upstream version
250 * fixes a bug in the incorrect-suffix diagnostic, which can lead to a
251 core dump, closes: #152579
252 * removes dangling output symlinks properly, closes: #144759
253 * zless no longer thinks it is zmore in usage message, closes: #121810
254 * zless replaced with a much simpler script, closes: #124097
255 * uses shell pattern matching instead of 'expr', closes: #123295
256 * man page suggests how to use gunzip on zip files, closes: #146019
257 * uses "trap -" to avoid bashism, closes: #140972, #157111
258 * accepts __i386 and __i386__ as synonyms for i386, closes: #152694
259 * fixes printing values greater than 10 * 2**32 bytes, closes: #141189
260 * includes fix for zforce needing -v, closes: #123294
261 * hack gzip.texi so that the Debian install-info doesn't choke on it (grrr),
262 and add texinfo as a build dependency
263 * eliminate things hard-coded in postinst and prerm now handled by debhelper
265 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:05:27 -0600
267 gzip (1.3.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
269 * modify gzexe.in to hard-code /bin/gzip instead of trying to use BINDIR
270 which yields /usr/bin/gzip. Don't use PATH since we have no idea what it
271 might be when the gzexe'd executable gets run. Closes: #119641
273 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:00:59 -0700
275 gzip (1.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
277 * fix silly mistake made when moving man pages from hard to soft links, so
278 man pages for zegrep, zfgrep, and uncompress work again, closes: #118325
280 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:53:40 -0700
282 gzip (1.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
284 * new upstream release, incorporating my diffs to 1.3.1
286 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:47:40 -0700
288 gzip (1.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
290 * add build dependencies on autoconf and automake
291 * fix infodir spec so we install in the build tree, not the system directory
293 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:18:06 -0700
295 gzip (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
297 * new upstream version! From alpha.gnu.org, on the explicit advice of the
298 current upstream maintainers, who are working with Debian to prepare a new
299 stable release that addresses many of the open issues in our BTS.
301 large file support handled in configure, closes: #108612, #83061, #113000
302 it appears the subtle problem with concatenation is fixed, closes: #114591
303 various segfault problems appear fixed, closes: #46312
304 gzip -r issues fixed, closes: #53645, #106186
305 problem with --no-filename option fixed, closes: #59067
306 zgrep -r disallowed - "I did not use the patch as it was not a complete
307 . fix for the problem and I thought it would cause more problems than
308 . it would cure. Instead, I simply disallowed zgrep -r", closes: #81288
309 error message reworded, closes: #76238
310 compression factor output fixed, closes: #80362
311 zgrep -H fixed, closes: #84371
312 permission issue when forced to compress linked file fixed, closes: #88918
313 manpage hardlinks fixed, closes: #94733
314 gzip --help now goes to stdout, closes: #97020
315 zless no longer runs less if file doesn't exist, closes: #109097
316 problem with -best fixed, closes: #17650
317 zgrep now understands --, closes: #28475
318 file size output by gzip fixed for large files, closes: #40721
319 * fix location referenced for GPL on Debian systems, closes: #112095
320 * move install-info remove call from from postrm to prerm
322 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:01:02 -0700
324 gzip (1.2.4-33) unstable; urgency=low
326 * update to current policy
328 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:10:58 -0700
330 gzip (1.2.4-32) unstable; urgency=low
332 * update prototype for and definition of basename function for compatibility
333 with glibc2.0, still in use on m68k. Closes: #45058
335 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:01:47 -0600
337 gzip (1.2.4-31) unstable; urgency=medium
339 * fix problems I induced while merging the upstream patch in the last upload,
340 most notably omitting zless from the package.
341 Closes: #44883, #44885, #44890, #44882, #44887, #44895, #44896
343 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:06:00 -0600
345 gzip (1.2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
347 * upstream patch, closes: #28872
348 1998-11-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
349 gzip.c (get_method): Don't complain about trailing zeros at
350 the end of a gzipped file, as they're commonly appended to fill
351 out a block (e.g. by GNU tar).
352 * update to FHS compliance
354 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:34:07 -0600
356 gzip (1.2.4-29) unstable; urgency=low
358 * apply patch from Vincent Renardias that improves behavior when trying to
359 decompress a corrupted .gz file. Closes 7472, 16385
361 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:50:12 -0700
363 gzip (1.2.4-28) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
365 * patch zforce to make it work at all, closes 22760
366 * patch to fix decompression of concatenated gzip files, closes 30537
368 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:43:09 -0700
370 gzip (1.2.4-27) frozen unstable; urgency=low
372 * patch from Jean-loup (upstream maintainer) for zgrep.in to fix the
373 problems with -A and -B successfully passing to grep. Closes 21209.
375 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:47:15 -0600
377 gzip (1.2.4-26) frozen unstable; urgency=low
379 * fix FSF address in copyright file, lintian now reports no errors
380 * minor tweak to Makefile to fix warnings during dh_installmanpages run
382 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:40:48 -0700
384 gzip (1.2.4-25) frozen unstable; urgency=low
386 * update znew.in and zdiff.in to do save tempfile handling, closes 19794
388 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:48:26 -0700
390 gzip (1.2.4-24) unstable; urgency=low
392 * minor fix for complaints about short files, closes 19159
394 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:21:50 -0700
396 gzip (1.2.4-23) unstable; urgency=high
398 * respond to security advisory from Alan Cox via Christian Hudon, fixes
399 an obscure possibility to get gzip to execute code
401 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:16:59 -0700
403 gzip (1.2.4-22) unstable; urgency=high
405 * gzexe modified to use tempfile in response to security advisory
407 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:30:20 -0700
409 gzip (1.2.4-21) unstable; urgency=low
411 * fix from the upstream maintainer for voluminous "Broken Pipe" messages
412 when using 'zgrep -l' or equivalent. Closes bug 15178.
414 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
416 gzip (1.2.4-20) unstable; urgency=low
418 * freshen rules file to match current debhelper
419 * improve handling of undocumented executables. Closes bug 13578.
421 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
423 gzip (1.2.4-19) unstable; urgency=low
425 * change dependency to Pre-Depends, to keep dpkg from getting hosed during
426 libc6 upgrades. Closes 15091.
427 * switch from debmake to debhelper. In the process, closes 15412.
429 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:42:49 -0700
431 gzip (1.2.4-18) unstable; urgency=low
433 * don't install INSTALL in the doc directory, closes bug 13224.
435 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
437 gzip (1.2.4-17) unstable; urgency=low
439 * fix distribution problem in changelog file
441 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
443 gzip (1.2.4-16) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
446 * tweaks to rules file to install Changelog, closes bug 12488
448 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:46:28 -0600
450 gzip (1.2.4-15) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
452 * fix minor security issue - race condition reported on bugtraq list
453 * rework debian/rules to build with debugging then strip
455 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:14:44 -0700
457 gzip (1.2.4-14) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
459 * The -13 upload was built against a libc5 too new for 'stable'.
461 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:37:31 -0700
463 gzip (1.2.4-13) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
465 * Fix missing "essential" flag on package, lost during standards update.
466 * Push this version back into stable to solve the 'compress' link problem.
468 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:14:14 -0700
470 gzip (1.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low
474 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 02 Nov 1996 14:47:42 -0800
477 Thu Jul 18 01:30:22 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
479 * add zegrep and zfgrep links in /usr/bin (Bug#3326)
480 * add an extended description (Bug#3591)
481 * tweak control files to use dpkg-name, etc.
483 Fri May 24 07:37:54 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
485 * don't provide a 'compress' link since it breaks things, but provide
486 an 'uncompress' link since it's useful.
487 * fix some administrivia
489 Sun Apr 14 20:39:19 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
491 * change gzexe.in to not use BINDIR, but assume gzip is in PATH
492 * add Architecture field in the control file
494 Wed Jan 17 00:07:00 MST 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
496 * switch targets in the Makefile to also install the links called
497 'compress' and 'uncompress' since some utilities care about these,
498 and we're unlikely to ever have a 'compress' package because of the
499 intellectual property issues.
501 Sat Dec 2 23:45:40 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
504 * add 'zless' as a near-clone of 'zmore', closes bug 1776
505 * unable to duplicate bug 1090, something has improved since then?
506 * add libc5 dependency