1 gzip (1.4-6) unstable; urgency=low
3 * patch to restore zgrep -h from Pär-Ola Nilsson, closes: #658734
4 * patch to fix pack reference in gzip man page from Stéphane Aulery,
6 * patch to add --rsyncable doc to info page from Jörgen Grahn,
8 * patch to improve zdiff doc from Stéphane Aulery, closes: #269612
9 * patches to fix RFC URLs from Stéphane Aulery, closes: #636182
11 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:11:46 -0600
13 gzip (1.4-5) unstable; urgency=low
15 * patch from upstream to address determinism issue, closes: #647522
17 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:07:22 +0100
19 gzip (1.4-4) unstable; urgency=low
21 * enable hardening build flags, closes: #664499
23 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:16:45 +0100
25 gzip (1.4-3) unstable; urgency=low
27 * patch from upstream for sys_stat.in.h to fix mingw32 builds,
30 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:13:33 -0700
32 gzip (1.4-2) unstable; urgency=low
34 * patch to use DEB_HOST_ARCH in rules, closes: #644785
35 * fix missing stamp creating in rules file causing extra build cycle,
38 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:24:17 -0700
40 gzip (1.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
42 * new upstream version, closes: #627121, #633927
43 * add Vcs entries to control file
44 * patch zless LESSOPEN definition to allow handling of gunzip data on STDIN,
46 * Build using mingw-w64 instead of mingw32, closes: #623428
47 * update to current policy, source package formats, etc
49 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:48:46 -0600
51 gzip (1.3.12-9) unstable; urgency=high
53 * fix applied for CVE-2010-0001 which identified an integer underflow when
54 decompressing files that are compressed using the LZW algorithm. This
55 could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when trying to decompress
56 a crafted LZW compressed gzip archive.
57 * switch to using dh_lintian for override delivery
59 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:38:41 +1300
61 gzip (1.3.12-8) unstable; urgency=low
63 * Add Carl Worth as an uploader.
64 * Fix "-f -" to work with zgrep, closes: #168606
65 * Avoid creating undersized hufts table, closes: #507263
67 -- Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:54:37 -0800
69 gzip (1.3.12-7) unstable; urgency=low
71 * improve package descriptions, remove ancient package relationship spec
72 in control file, closes: #484547
74 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:54:48 -0700
76 gzip (1.3.12-6) unstable; urgency=low
78 * strip the win32 gzip.exe binary during install, closes: #464455
79 * patch from Reuben Thomas for the zless.1 man page with pointers to
80 lessfile and lesspipe, which are a better solution than zless in most
81 cases... closes: #46787, #51162
82 * fix FTBFS when using gcc-4.3, closes: #476031
83 * remove the preinst since the --assert-support-predepends check should
84 no longer be necessary
86 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:26 -0600
88 gzip (1.3.12-5) unstable; urgency=low
90 * patch for zgrep.in from Daniel Kobras, closes: #434429
91 * patch from upstream to fix compilation with mingw32, and patch from
92 Robert Millan to build a win32 executable if mingw32 is available, all
93 to fix a preseeding problem in the win32-loader for Debian Installer.
96 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:46:42 -0700
98 gzip (1.3.12-4) unstable; urgency=low
100 * incorporate diffs from NMUs, closes: #434275, #433845, #438675
101 * define UNALIGNED_OK when building for amd64, closes: #386356
103 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:48:37 -0700
105 gzip (1.3.12-3.2) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Non-maintainer upload.
108 * Stop zdiff from dropping cmp's output. Patch thanks to Jorg-Volker Peetz
111 -- Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:50:29 +1000
113 gzip (1.3.12-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
115 * Non-maintainer upload.
116 * Rename futimens to gz_futimens, since glibc now defines an futimens
117 function with a different prototype. Closes: #433845.
118 * Urgency medium for the RC bug fix.
120 -- Daniel Schepler <schepler@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:52 -0400
122 gzip (1.3.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
124 * fix bindir so gunzip, et al, work again, closes: #429462
126 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:08:59 +0100
128 gzip (1.3.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
130 * fix typo in gzip fprintf, closes: #426965
131 * revert my zgrep.in patch since upstream handles alternates differently now
133 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:17:37 -0400
135 gzip (1.3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
137 * new upstream version, closes: #177942, #225864, #362786, #366660, #367400,
138 #383358, #402042, #404099, #404114, #419895
139 * fix delivery of upstream ChangeLog, closes: #404062
141 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:42 -0400
143 gzip (1.3.9-2) unstable; urgency=low
145 * change direntry ordering in gzip.texi to work around bug in install-info,
148 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:16 -0700
150 gzip (1.3.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
152 * new upstream version, closes: #366660, #403308
153 * clean up a few gratuitous differences from new upstream, leaving
154 only the rsyncable patch and tweaks like zmore always using more
155 * fix spelling error in documentation, closes: #395450
156 * upstream patch for regression uncompressing null input, closes: #403970
158 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:36 -0700
160 gzip (1.3.5-15) unstable; urgency=high
162 * security update, covering the following alerts:
163 CVE-2006-4334 CVE-2006-4335 CVE-2006-4336 CVE-2006-4337 CVE-2006-4338
165 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0600
167 gzip (1.3.5-14) unstable; urgency=medium
169 * update section to match override
170 * patch from Matthew Chapman to avoid deleting input file before we're
171 sure the output file has been written without errors, closes: #366660
172 * patch from Reuben Thomas to fix zgrep return code,
173 closes: #292896, #192891, #190442
174 * enable gzexe compressed files to work on systems where tempfile is not
175 available while retaining preference for tempfile, closes: #334540
177 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:02:27 -0600
179 gzip (1.3.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
181 * patch from Reuben Thomas fixes problem passing zgrep filenames starting
182 with dashes, closes: #342501
183 * fix a spelling error in gzip man page, closes: #356011
184 * document the fact that zless doesn't work with stdin,
185 closes: #320226, #345036
187 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:31:54 -0600
189 gzip (1.3.5-12) unstable; urgency=low
191 * merge patch from Matt Zimmerman for futex hang due to improper signal
192 handling, closes: #310053, #315612
193 * merge patch to add --rsyncable to the man page, closes: #289616, #295721
194 * don't return failing result code on harmless warning, closes: #169669
196 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:10:51 +0300
198 gzip (1.3.5-11) unstable; urgency=low
200 * patch from Peter Samuelson for bashism in zgrep,
201 closes: #314342, #314211, #312380, #310329
203 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:39:11 -0600
205 gzip (1.3.5-10) unstable; urgency=medium
207 * remove PAGER reference from zmore.1, closes: #263792
208 * patch to improve zgrep argument sanitizing (CAN-2005-0758),
210 * patch isolated by Petter Reinholdtsen for CAN-2005-0988, closes: #303927
211 * patch for dir traversal bug (CAN-2005-1228), closes: #305255
212 * up the priority a click because of the security fixes
213 * patch to support cross building, closes: #283730
215 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:34:49 -0600
217 gzip (1.3.5-9) unstable; urgency=low
219 * eliminate the autoconf and automake build dependencies, since they are
220 no longer needed, closes: #250766
221 * improve temp file usage in gzexe, closes: #257314, #259043
222 * have zmore use 'more' instead of honoring $PAGER, to avoid violating
223 the principle of least astonishment, closes: #234212
224 * fix zgrep choke on filenames including a pipe character, closes: #216211
225 * incorporate watch file, closes: #248722
226 * suggest less, since we provide zless, closes: #217925
227 * use signames instead of signumbers for trap calls, closes: #259284
229 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:23:03 -0600
231 gzip (1.3.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
233 * run autoreconf -i to address problem reported with dir.old.gz being
234 included on rebuilds, closes: #249519
235 * change automake build dependency from automake1.7 to automaken
236 * add lintian overrides to squelch the hardlink warnings
237 * fix typo in inflate.c comments, closes: #201881
239 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 23 May 2004 01:07:03 -0600
241 gzip (1.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
243 * patch from David Mosberger to incorporate work done by Sverre Jarp on
244 an ia64 version of match.c content.
246 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:27 -0600
248 gzip (1.3.5-6) unstable; urgency=medium
250 * patch for insecure temp file usage in znew, closes: #193375
252 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:05:11 -0600
254 gzip (1.3.5-5) unstable; urgency=low
256 * apply patch from Anthony Towns that fixes seg faults on alpha during
257 build of Xfree86 at the expense of slightly decreasing the effectiveness
258 of the deflate implementation. closes: #184057, #187417
260 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:23 -0600
262 gzip (1.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
264 * merge patch from Rusty Russell that adds --rsyncable option to gzip.
265 This modifies the output stream to allow rsync to transfer updated .gz
266 files much more effectively. The resulting .gz files should be compatible
267 with the existing gunzip. The plan is that if this works out well for
268 Debian, the functionality will be included in a future upstream gzip
269 release. Closes: #116183, #118118, #134741
271 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:50:23 -0700
273 gzip (1.3.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
275 * upload a fresh version so m68k, et al, will rebuild, closes: #167790
277 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:42 -0700
279 gzip (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
281 * fix gzexe.in again as per what I did for 1.3.2-3 that accidentally got
282 lost when I merged 1.3.5 from upstream... sigh. Closes: #167150
283 * hack on gzip.texi a little harder to squelch warning at install time from
284 Debian's install-info, closes: #164106
286 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:42 -0700
288 gzip (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
290 * new upstream version
291 * fixes a bug in the incorrect-suffix diagnostic, which can lead to a
292 core dump, closes: #152579
293 * removes dangling output symlinks properly, closes: #144759
294 * zless no longer thinks it is zmore in usage message, closes: #121810
295 * zless replaced with a much simpler script, closes: #124097
296 * uses shell pattern matching instead of 'expr', closes: #123295
297 * man page suggests how to use gunzip on zip files, closes: #146019
298 * uses "trap -" to avoid bashism, closes: #140972, #157111
299 * accepts __i386 and __i386__ as synonyms for i386, closes: #152694
300 * fixes printing values greater than 10 * 2**32 bytes, closes: #141189
301 * includes fix for zforce needing -v, closes: #123294
302 * hack gzip.texi so that the Debian install-info doesn't choke on it (grrr),
303 and add texinfo as a build dependency
304 * eliminate things hard-coded in postinst and prerm now handled by debhelper
306 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:05:27 -0600
308 gzip (1.3.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
310 * modify gzexe.in to hard-code /bin/gzip instead of trying to use BINDIR
311 which yields /usr/bin/gzip. Don't use PATH since we have no idea what it
312 might be when the gzexe'd executable gets run. Closes: #119641
314 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:00:59 -0700
316 gzip (1.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
318 * fix silly mistake made when moving man pages from hard to soft links, so
319 man pages for zegrep, zfgrep, and uncompress work again, closes: #118325
321 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:53:40 -0700
323 gzip (1.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
325 * new upstream release, incorporating my diffs to 1.3.1
327 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:47:40 -0700
329 gzip (1.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
331 * add build dependencies on autoconf and automake
332 * fix infodir spec so we install in the build tree, not the system directory
334 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:18:06 -0700
336 gzip (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
338 * new upstream version! From alpha.gnu.org, on the explicit advice of the
339 current upstream maintainers, who are working with Debian to prepare a new
340 stable release that addresses many of the open issues in our BTS.
342 large file support handled in configure, closes: #108612, #83061, #113000
343 it appears the subtle problem with concatenation is fixed, closes: #114591
344 various segfault problems appear fixed, closes: #46312
345 gzip -r issues fixed, closes: #53645, #106186
346 problem with --no-filename option fixed, closes: #59067
347 zgrep -r disallowed - "I did not use the patch as it was not a complete
348 . fix for the problem and I thought it would cause more problems than
349 . it would cure. Instead, I simply disallowed zgrep -r", closes: #81288
350 error message reworded, closes: #76238
351 compression factor output fixed, closes: #80362
352 zgrep -H fixed, closes: #84371
353 permission issue when forced to compress linked file fixed, closes: #88918
354 manpage hardlinks fixed, closes: #94733
355 gzip --help now goes to stdout, closes: #97020
356 zless no longer runs less if file doesn't exist, closes: #109097
357 problem with -best fixed, closes: #17650
358 zgrep now understands --, closes: #28475
359 file size output by gzip fixed for large files, closes: #40721
360 * fix location referenced for GPL on Debian systems, closes: #112095
361 * move install-info remove call from from postrm to prerm
363 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:01:02 -0700
365 gzip (1.2.4-33) unstable; urgency=low
367 * update to current policy
369 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:10:58 -0700
371 gzip (1.2.4-32) unstable; urgency=low
373 * update prototype for and definition of basename function for compatibility
374 with glibc2.0, still in use on m68k. Closes: #45058
376 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:01:47 -0600
378 gzip (1.2.4-31) unstable; urgency=medium
380 * fix problems I induced while merging the upstream patch in the last upload,
381 most notably omitting zless from the package.
382 Closes: #44883, #44885, #44890, #44882, #44887, #44895, #44896
384 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:06:00 -0600
386 gzip (1.2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
388 * upstream patch, closes: #28872
389 1998-11-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
390 gzip.c (get_method): Don't complain about trailing zeros at
391 the end of a gzipped file, as they're commonly appended to fill
392 out a block (e.g. by GNU tar).
393 * update to FHS compliance
395 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:34:07 -0600
397 gzip (1.2.4-29) unstable; urgency=low
399 * apply patch from Vincent Renardias that improves behavior when trying to
400 decompress a corrupted .gz file. Closes 7472, 16385
402 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:50:12 -0700
404 gzip (1.2.4-28) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
406 * patch zforce to make it work at all, closes 22760
407 * patch to fix decompression of concatenated gzip files, closes 30537
409 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:43:09 -0700
411 gzip (1.2.4-27) frozen unstable; urgency=low
413 * patch from Jean-loup (upstream maintainer) for zgrep.in to fix the
414 problems with -A and -B successfully passing to grep. Closes 21209.
416 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:47:15 -0600
418 gzip (1.2.4-26) frozen unstable; urgency=low
420 * fix FSF address in copyright file, lintian now reports no errors
421 * minor tweak to Makefile to fix warnings during dh_installmanpages run
423 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:40:48 -0700
425 gzip (1.2.4-25) frozen unstable; urgency=low
427 * update znew.in and zdiff.in to do save tempfile handling, closes 19794
429 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:48:26 -0700
431 gzip (1.2.4-24) unstable; urgency=low
433 * minor fix for complaints about short files, closes 19159
435 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:21:50 -0700
437 gzip (1.2.4-23) unstable; urgency=high
439 * respond to security advisory from Alan Cox via Christian Hudon, fixes
440 an obscure possibility to get gzip to execute code
442 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:16:59 -0700
444 gzip (1.2.4-22) unstable; urgency=high
446 * gzexe modified to use tempfile in response to security advisory
448 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:30:20 -0700
450 gzip (1.2.4-21) unstable; urgency=low
452 * fix from the upstream maintainer for voluminous "Broken Pipe" messages
453 when using 'zgrep -l' or equivalent. Closes bug 15178.
455 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
457 gzip (1.2.4-20) unstable; urgency=low
459 * freshen rules file to match current debhelper
460 * improve handling of undocumented executables. Closes bug 13578.
462 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
464 gzip (1.2.4-19) unstable; urgency=low
466 * change dependency to Pre-Depends, to keep dpkg from getting hosed during
467 libc6 upgrades. Closes 15091.
468 * switch from debmake to debhelper. In the process, closes 15412.
470 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:42:49 -0700
472 gzip (1.2.4-18) unstable; urgency=low
474 * don't install INSTALL in the doc directory, closes bug 13224.
476 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
478 gzip (1.2.4-17) unstable; urgency=low
480 * fix distribution problem in changelog file
482 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
484 gzip (1.2.4-16) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
487 * tweaks to rules file to install Changelog, closes bug 12488
489 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:46:28 -0600
491 gzip (1.2.4-15) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
493 * fix minor security issue - race condition reported on bugtraq list
494 * rework debian/rules to build with debugging then strip
496 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:14:44 -0700
498 gzip (1.2.4-14) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
500 * The -13 upload was built against a libc5 too new for 'stable'.
502 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:37:31 -0700
504 gzip (1.2.4-13) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
506 * Fix missing "essential" flag on package, lost during standards update.
507 * Push this version back into stable to solve the 'compress' link problem.
509 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:14:14 -0700
511 gzip (1.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low
515 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 02 Nov 1996 14:47:42 -0800
518 Thu Jul 18 01:30:22 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
520 * add zegrep and zfgrep links in /usr/bin (Bug#3326)
521 * add an extended description (Bug#3591)
522 * tweak control files to use dpkg-name, etc.
524 Fri May 24 07:37:54 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
526 * don't provide a 'compress' link since it breaks things, but provide
527 an 'uncompress' link since it's useful.
528 * fix some administrivia
530 Sun Apr 14 20:39:19 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
532 * change gzexe.in to not use BINDIR, but assume gzip is in PATH
533 * add Architecture field in the control file
535 Wed Jan 17 00:07:00 MST 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
537 * switch targets in the Makefile to also install the links called
538 'compress' and 'uncompress' since some utilities care about these,
539 and we're unlikely to ever have a 'compress' package because of the
540 intellectual property issues.
542 Sat Dec 2 23:45:40 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
545 * add 'zless' as a near-clone of 'zmore', closes bug 1776
546 * unable to duplicate bug 1090, something has improved since then?
547 * add libc5 dependency