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
10 * patch from Stéphane Aulery to improve zdiff behavior when file is
11 compressed without explicit extension, closes: #343575, #630111
13 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:38:56 -0600
15 gzip (1.4-5) unstable; urgency=low
17 * patch from upstream to address determinism issue, closes: #647522
19 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:07:22 +0100
21 gzip (1.4-4) unstable; urgency=low
23 * enable hardening build flags, closes: #664499
25 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:16:45 +0100
27 gzip (1.4-3) unstable; urgency=low
29 * patch from upstream for sys_stat.in.h to fix mingw32 builds,
32 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:13:33 -0700
34 gzip (1.4-2) unstable; urgency=low
36 * patch to use DEB_HOST_ARCH in rules, closes: #644785
37 * fix missing stamp creating in rules file causing extra build cycle,
40 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:24:17 -0700
42 gzip (1.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
44 * new upstream version, closes: #627121, #633927
45 * add Vcs entries to control file
46 * patch zless LESSOPEN definition to allow handling of gunzip data on STDIN,
48 * Build using mingw-w64 instead of mingw32, closes: #623428
49 * update to current policy, source package formats, etc
51 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:48:46 -0600
53 gzip (1.3.12-9) unstable; urgency=high
55 * fix applied for CVE-2010-0001 which identified an integer underflow when
56 decompressing files that are compressed using the LZW algorithm. This
57 could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when trying to decompress
58 a crafted LZW compressed gzip archive.
59 * switch to using dh_lintian for override delivery
61 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:38:41 +1300
63 gzip (1.3.12-8) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Add Carl Worth as an uploader.
66 * Fix "-f -" to work with zgrep, closes: #168606
67 * Avoid creating undersized hufts table, closes: #507263
69 -- Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:54:37 -0800
71 gzip (1.3.12-7) unstable; urgency=low
73 * improve package descriptions, remove ancient package relationship spec
74 in control file, closes: #484547
76 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:54:48 -0700
78 gzip (1.3.12-6) unstable; urgency=low
80 * strip the win32 gzip.exe binary during install, closes: #464455
81 * patch from Reuben Thomas for the zless.1 man page with pointers to
82 lessfile and lesspipe, which are a better solution than zless in most
83 cases... closes: #46787, #51162
84 * fix FTBFS when using gcc-4.3, closes: #476031
85 * remove the preinst since the --assert-support-predepends check should
86 no longer be necessary
88 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:26 -0600
90 gzip (1.3.12-5) unstable; urgency=low
92 * patch for zgrep.in from Daniel Kobras, closes: #434429
93 * patch from upstream to fix compilation with mingw32, and patch from
94 Robert Millan to build a win32 executable if mingw32 is available, all
95 to fix a preseeding problem in the win32-loader for Debian Installer.
98 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:46:42 -0700
100 gzip (1.3.12-4) unstable; urgency=low
102 * incorporate diffs from NMUs, closes: #434275, #433845, #438675
103 * define UNALIGNED_OK when building for amd64, closes: #386356
105 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:48:37 -0700
107 gzip (1.3.12-3.2) unstable; urgency=low
109 * Non-maintainer upload.
110 * Stop zdiff from dropping cmp's output. Patch thanks to Jorg-Volker Peetz
113 -- Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:50:29 +1000
115 gzip (1.3.12-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
117 * Non-maintainer upload.
118 * Rename futimens to gz_futimens, since glibc now defines an futimens
119 function with a different prototype. Closes: #433845.
120 * Urgency medium for the RC bug fix.
122 -- Daniel Schepler <schepler@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:52 -0400
124 gzip (1.3.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
126 * fix bindir so gunzip, et al, work again, closes: #429462
128 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:08:59 +0100
130 gzip (1.3.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
132 * fix typo in gzip fprintf, closes: #426965
133 * revert my zgrep.in patch since upstream handles alternates differently now
135 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:17:37 -0400
137 gzip (1.3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
139 * new upstream version, closes: #177942, #225864, #362786, #366660, #367400,
140 #383358, #402042, #404099, #404114, #419895
141 * fix delivery of upstream ChangeLog, closes: #404062
143 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:42 -0400
145 gzip (1.3.9-2) unstable; urgency=low
147 * change direntry ordering in gzip.texi to work around bug in install-info,
150 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:16 -0700
152 gzip (1.3.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
154 * new upstream version, closes: #366660, #403308
155 * clean up a few gratuitous differences from new upstream, leaving
156 only the rsyncable patch and tweaks like zmore always using more
157 * fix spelling error in documentation, closes: #395450
158 * upstream patch for regression uncompressing null input, closes: #403970
160 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:36 -0700
162 gzip (1.3.5-15) unstable; urgency=high
164 * security update, covering the following alerts:
165 CVE-2006-4334 CVE-2006-4335 CVE-2006-4336 CVE-2006-4337 CVE-2006-4338
167 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0600
169 gzip (1.3.5-14) unstable; urgency=medium
171 * update section to match override
172 * patch from Matthew Chapman to avoid deleting input file before we're
173 sure the output file has been written without errors, closes: #366660
174 * patch from Reuben Thomas to fix zgrep return code,
175 closes: #292896, #192891, #190442
176 * enable gzexe compressed files to work on systems where tempfile is not
177 available while retaining preference for tempfile, closes: #334540
179 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:02:27 -0600
181 gzip (1.3.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
183 * patch from Reuben Thomas fixes problem passing zgrep filenames starting
184 with dashes, closes: #342501
185 * fix a spelling error in gzip man page, closes: #356011
186 * document the fact that zless doesn't work with stdin,
187 closes: #320226, #345036
189 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:31:54 -0600
191 gzip (1.3.5-12) unstable; urgency=low
193 * merge patch from Matt Zimmerman for futex hang due to improper signal
194 handling, closes: #310053, #315612
195 * merge patch to add --rsyncable to the man page, closes: #289616, #295721
196 * don't return failing result code on harmless warning, closes: #169669
198 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:10:51 +0300
200 gzip (1.3.5-11) unstable; urgency=low
202 * patch from Peter Samuelson for bashism in zgrep,
203 closes: #314342, #314211, #312380, #310329
205 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:39:11 -0600
207 gzip (1.3.5-10) unstable; urgency=medium
209 * remove PAGER reference from zmore.1, closes: #263792
210 * patch to improve zgrep argument sanitizing (CAN-2005-0758),
212 * patch isolated by Petter Reinholdtsen for CAN-2005-0988, closes: #303927
213 * patch for dir traversal bug (CAN-2005-1228), closes: #305255
214 * up the priority a click because of the security fixes
215 * patch to support cross building, closes: #283730
217 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:34:49 -0600
219 gzip (1.3.5-9) unstable; urgency=low
221 * eliminate the autoconf and automake build dependencies, since they are
222 no longer needed, closes: #250766
223 * improve temp file usage in gzexe, closes: #257314, #259043
224 * have zmore use 'more' instead of honoring $PAGER, to avoid violating
225 the principle of least astonishment, closes: #234212
226 * fix zgrep choke on filenames including a pipe character, closes: #216211
227 * incorporate watch file, closes: #248722
228 * suggest less, since we provide zless, closes: #217925
229 * use signames instead of signumbers for trap calls, closes: #259284
231 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:23:03 -0600
233 gzip (1.3.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
235 * run autoreconf -i to address problem reported with dir.old.gz being
236 included on rebuilds, closes: #249519
237 * change automake build dependency from automake1.7 to automaken
238 * add lintian overrides to squelch the hardlink warnings
239 * fix typo in inflate.c comments, closes: #201881
241 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 23 May 2004 01:07:03 -0600
243 gzip (1.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
245 * patch from David Mosberger to incorporate work done by Sverre Jarp on
246 an ia64 version of match.c content.
248 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:27 -0600
250 gzip (1.3.5-6) unstable; urgency=medium
252 * patch for insecure temp file usage in znew, closes: #193375
254 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:05:11 -0600
256 gzip (1.3.5-5) unstable; urgency=low
258 * apply patch from Anthony Towns that fixes seg faults on alpha during
259 build of Xfree86 at the expense of slightly decreasing the effectiveness
260 of the deflate implementation. closes: #184057, #187417
262 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:23 -0600
264 gzip (1.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
266 * merge patch from Rusty Russell that adds --rsyncable option to gzip.
267 This modifies the output stream to allow rsync to transfer updated .gz
268 files much more effectively. The resulting .gz files should be compatible
269 with the existing gunzip. The plan is that if this works out well for
270 Debian, the functionality will be included in a future upstream gzip
271 release. Closes: #116183, #118118, #134741
273 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:50:23 -0700
275 gzip (1.3.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
277 * upload a fresh version so m68k, et al, will rebuild, closes: #167790
279 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:42 -0700
281 gzip (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
283 * fix gzexe.in again as per what I did for 1.3.2-3 that accidentally got
284 lost when I merged 1.3.5 from upstream... sigh. Closes: #167150
285 * hack on gzip.texi a little harder to squelch warning at install time from
286 Debian's install-info, closes: #164106
288 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:42 -0700
290 gzip (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
292 * new upstream version
293 * fixes a bug in the incorrect-suffix diagnostic, which can lead to a
294 core dump, closes: #152579
295 * removes dangling output symlinks properly, closes: #144759
296 * zless no longer thinks it is zmore in usage message, closes: #121810
297 * zless replaced with a much simpler script, closes: #124097
298 * uses shell pattern matching instead of 'expr', closes: #123295
299 * man page suggests how to use gunzip on zip files, closes: #146019
300 * uses "trap -" to avoid bashism, closes: #140972, #157111
301 * accepts __i386 and __i386__ as synonyms for i386, closes: #152694
302 * fixes printing values greater than 10 * 2**32 bytes, closes: #141189
303 * includes fix for zforce needing -v, closes: #123294
304 * hack gzip.texi so that the Debian install-info doesn't choke on it (grrr),
305 and add texinfo as a build dependency
306 * eliminate things hard-coded in postinst and prerm now handled by debhelper
308 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:05:27 -0600
310 gzip (1.3.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
312 * modify gzexe.in to hard-code /bin/gzip instead of trying to use BINDIR
313 which yields /usr/bin/gzip. Don't use PATH since we have no idea what it
314 might be when the gzexe'd executable gets run. Closes: #119641
316 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:00:59 -0700
318 gzip (1.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
320 * fix silly mistake made when moving man pages from hard to soft links, so
321 man pages for zegrep, zfgrep, and uncompress work again, closes: #118325
323 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:53:40 -0700
325 gzip (1.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
327 * new upstream release, incorporating my diffs to 1.3.1
329 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:47:40 -0700
331 gzip (1.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
333 * add build dependencies on autoconf and automake
334 * fix infodir spec so we install in the build tree, not the system directory
336 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:18:06 -0700
338 gzip (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
340 * new upstream version! From alpha.gnu.org, on the explicit advice of the
341 current upstream maintainers, who are working with Debian to prepare a new
342 stable release that addresses many of the open issues in our BTS.
344 large file support handled in configure, closes: #108612, #83061, #113000
345 it appears the subtle problem with concatenation is fixed, closes: #114591
346 various segfault problems appear fixed, closes: #46312
347 gzip -r issues fixed, closes: #53645, #106186
348 problem with --no-filename option fixed, closes: #59067
349 zgrep -r disallowed - "I did not use the patch as it was not a complete
350 . fix for the problem and I thought it would cause more problems than
351 . it would cure. Instead, I simply disallowed zgrep -r", closes: #81288
352 error message reworded, closes: #76238
353 compression factor output fixed, closes: #80362
354 zgrep -H fixed, closes: #84371
355 permission issue when forced to compress linked file fixed, closes: #88918
356 manpage hardlinks fixed, closes: #94733
357 gzip --help now goes to stdout, closes: #97020
358 zless no longer runs less if file doesn't exist, closes: #109097
359 problem with -best fixed, closes: #17650
360 zgrep now understands --, closes: #28475
361 file size output by gzip fixed for large files, closes: #40721
362 * fix location referenced for GPL on Debian systems, closes: #112095
363 * move install-info remove call from from postrm to prerm
365 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:01:02 -0700
367 gzip (1.2.4-33) unstable; urgency=low
369 * update to current policy
371 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:10:58 -0700
373 gzip (1.2.4-32) unstable; urgency=low
375 * update prototype for and definition of basename function for compatibility
376 with glibc2.0, still in use on m68k. Closes: #45058
378 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:01:47 -0600
380 gzip (1.2.4-31) unstable; urgency=medium
382 * fix problems I induced while merging the upstream patch in the last upload,
383 most notably omitting zless from the package.
384 Closes: #44883, #44885, #44890, #44882, #44887, #44895, #44896
386 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:06:00 -0600
388 gzip (1.2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
390 * upstream patch, closes: #28872
391 1998-11-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
392 gzip.c (get_method): Don't complain about trailing zeros at
393 the end of a gzipped file, as they're commonly appended to fill
394 out a block (e.g. by GNU tar).
395 * update to FHS compliance
397 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:34:07 -0600
399 gzip (1.2.4-29) unstable; urgency=low
401 * apply patch from Vincent Renardias that improves behavior when trying to
402 decompress a corrupted .gz file. Closes 7472, 16385
404 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:50:12 -0700
406 gzip (1.2.4-28) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
408 * patch zforce to make it work at all, closes 22760
409 * patch to fix decompression of concatenated gzip files, closes 30537
411 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:43:09 -0700
413 gzip (1.2.4-27) frozen unstable; urgency=low
415 * patch from Jean-loup (upstream maintainer) for zgrep.in to fix the
416 problems with -A and -B successfully passing to grep. Closes 21209.
418 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:47:15 -0600
420 gzip (1.2.4-26) frozen unstable; urgency=low
422 * fix FSF address in copyright file, lintian now reports no errors
423 * minor tweak to Makefile to fix warnings during dh_installmanpages run
425 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:40:48 -0700
427 gzip (1.2.4-25) frozen unstable; urgency=low
429 * update znew.in and zdiff.in to do save tempfile handling, closes 19794
431 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:48:26 -0700
433 gzip (1.2.4-24) unstable; urgency=low
435 * minor fix for complaints about short files, closes 19159
437 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:21:50 -0700
439 gzip (1.2.4-23) unstable; urgency=high
441 * respond to security advisory from Alan Cox via Christian Hudon, fixes
442 an obscure possibility to get gzip to execute code
444 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:16:59 -0700
446 gzip (1.2.4-22) unstable; urgency=high
448 * gzexe modified to use tempfile in response to security advisory
450 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:30:20 -0700
452 gzip (1.2.4-21) unstable; urgency=low
454 * fix from the upstream maintainer for voluminous "Broken Pipe" messages
455 when using 'zgrep -l' or equivalent. Closes bug 15178.
457 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
459 gzip (1.2.4-20) unstable; urgency=low
461 * freshen rules file to match current debhelper
462 * improve handling of undocumented executables. Closes bug 13578.
464 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
466 gzip (1.2.4-19) unstable; urgency=low
468 * change dependency to Pre-Depends, to keep dpkg from getting hosed during
469 libc6 upgrades. Closes 15091.
470 * switch from debmake to debhelper. In the process, closes 15412.
472 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:42:49 -0700
474 gzip (1.2.4-18) unstable; urgency=low
476 * don't install INSTALL in the doc directory, closes bug 13224.
478 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
480 gzip (1.2.4-17) unstable; urgency=low
482 * fix distribution problem in changelog file
484 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
486 gzip (1.2.4-16) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
489 * tweaks to rules file to install Changelog, closes bug 12488
491 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:46:28 -0600
493 gzip (1.2.4-15) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
495 * fix minor security issue - race condition reported on bugtraq list
496 * rework debian/rules to build with debugging then strip
498 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:14:44 -0700
500 gzip (1.2.4-14) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
502 * The -13 upload was built against a libc5 too new for 'stable'.
504 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:37:31 -0700
506 gzip (1.2.4-13) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
508 * Fix missing "essential" flag on package, lost during standards update.
509 * Push this version back into stable to solve the 'compress' link problem.
511 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:14:14 -0700
513 gzip (1.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low
517 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 02 Nov 1996 14:47:42 -0800
520 Thu Jul 18 01:30:22 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
522 * add zegrep and zfgrep links in /usr/bin (Bug#3326)
523 * add an extended description (Bug#3591)
524 * tweak control files to use dpkg-name, etc.
526 Fri May 24 07:37:54 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
528 * don't provide a 'compress' link since it breaks things, but provide
529 an 'uncompress' link since it's useful.
530 * fix some administrivia
532 Sun Apr 14 20:39:19 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
534 * change gzexe.in to not use BINDIR, but assume gzip is in PATH
535 * add Architecture field in the control file
537 Wed Jan 17 00:07:00 MST 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
539 * switch targets in the Makefile to also install the links called
540 'compress' and 'uncompress' since some utilities care about these,
541 and we're unlikely to ever have a 'compress' package because of the
542 intellectual property issues.
544 Sat Dec 2 23:45:40 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
547 * add 'zless' as a near-clone of 'zmore', closes bug 1776
548 * unable to duplicate bug 1090, something has improved since then?
549 * add libc5 dependency