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
10 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:38:56 -0600
12 gzip (1.4-5) unstable; urgency=low
14 * patch from upstream to address determinism issue, closes: #647522
16 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:07:22 +0100
18 gzip (1.4-4) unstable; urgency=low
20 * enable hardening build flags, closes: #664499
22 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:16:45 +0100
24 gzip (1.4-3) unstable; urgency=low
26 * patch from upstream for sys_stat.in.h to fix mingw32 builds,
29 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:13:33 -0700
31 gzip (1.4-2) unstable; urgency=low
33 * patch to use DEB_HOST_ARCH in rules, closes: #644785
34 * fix missing stamp creating in rules file causing extra build cycle,
37 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:24:17 -0700
39 gzip (1.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
41 * new upstream version, closes: #627121, #633927
42 * add Vcs entries to control file
43 * patch zless LESSOPEN definition to allow handling of gunzip data on STDIN,
45 * Build using mingw-w64 instead of mingw32, closes: #623428
46 * update to current policy, source package formats, etc
48 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:48:46 -0600
50 gzip (1.3.12-9) unstable; urgency=high
52 * fix applied for CVE-2010-0001 which identified an integer underflow when
53 decompressing files that are compressed using the LZW algorithm. This
54 could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when trying to decompress
55 a crafted LZW compressed gzip archive.
56 * switch to using dh_lintian for override delivery
58 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:38:41 +1300
60 gzip (1.3.12-8) unstable; urgency=low
62 * Add Carl Worth as an uploader.
63 * Fix "-f -" to work with zgrep, closes: #168606
64 * Avoid creating undersized hufts table, closes: #507263
66 -- Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:54:37 -0800
68 gzip (1.3.12-7) unstable; urgency=low
70 * improve package descriptions, remove ancient package relationship spec
71 in control file, closes: #484547
73 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:54:48 -0700
75 gzip (1.3.12-6) unstable; urgency=low
77 * strip the win32 gzip.exe binary during install, closes: #464455
78 * patch from Reuben Thomas for the zless.1 man page with pointers to
79 lessfile and lesspipe, which are a better solution than zless in most
80 cases... closes: #46787, #51162
81 * fix FTBFS when using gcc-4.3, closes: #476031
82 * remove the preinst since the --assert-support-predepends check should
83 no longer be necessary
85 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:26 -0600
87 gzip (1.3.12-5) unstable; urgency=low
89 * patch for zgrep.in from Daniel Kobras, closes: #434429
90 * patch from upstream to fix compilation with mingw32, and patch from
91 Robert Millan to build a win32 executable if mingw32 is available, all
92 to fix a preseeding problem in the win32-loader for Debian Installer.
95 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:46:42 -0700
97 gzip (1.3.12-4) unstable; urgency=low
99 * incorporate diffs from NMUs, closes: #434275, #433845, #438675
100 * define UNALIGNED_OK when building for amd64, closes: #386356
102 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:48:37 -0700
104 gzip (1.3.12-3.2) unstable; urgency=low
106 * Non-maintainer upload.
107 * Stop zdiff from dropping cmp's output. Patch thanks to Jorg-Volker Peetz
110 -- Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:50:29 +1000
112 gzip (1.3.12-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
114 * Non-maintainer upload.
115 * Rename futimens to gz_futimens, since glibc now defines an futimens
116 function with a different prototype. Closes: #433845.
117 * Urgency medium for the RC bug fix.
119 -- Daniel Schepler <schepler@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:52 -0400
121 gzip (1.3.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
123 * fix bindir so gunzip, et al, work again, closes: #429462
125 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:08:59 +0100
127 gzip (1.3.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
129 * fix typo in gzip fprintf, closes: #426965
130 * revert my zgrep.in patch since upstream handles alternates differently now
132 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:17:37 -0400
134 gzip (1.3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
136 * new upstream version, closes: #177942, #225864, #362786, #366660, #367400,
137 #383358, #402042, #404099, #404114, #419895
138 * fix delivery of upstream ChangeLog, closes: #404062
140 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:42 -0400
142 gzip (1.3.9-2) unstable; urgency=low
144 * change direntry ordering in gzip.texi to work around bug in install-info,
147 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:16 -0700
149 gzip (1.3.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
151 * new upstream version, closes: #366660, #403308
152 * clean up a few gratuitous differences from new upstream, leaving
153 only the rsyncable patch and tweaks like zmore always using more
154 * fix spelling error in documentation, closes: #395450
155 * upstream patch for regression uncompressing null input, closes: #403970
157 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:36 -0700
159 gzip (1.3.5-15) unstable; urgency=high
161 * security update, covering the following alerts:
162 CVE-2006-4334 CVE-2006-4335 CVE-2006-4336 CVE-2006-4337 CVE-2006-4338
164 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0600
166 gzip (1.3.5-14) unstable; urgency=medium
168 * update section to match override
169 * patch from Matthew Chapman to avoid deleting input file before we're
170 sure the output file has been written without errors, closes: #366660
171 * patch from Reuben Thomas to fix zgrep return code,
172 closes: #292896, #192891, #190442
173 * enable gzexe compressed files to work on systems where tempfile is not
174 available while retaining preference for tempfile, closes: #334540
176 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:02:27 -0600
178 gzip (1.3.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
180 * patch from Reuben Thomas fixes problem passing zgrep filenames starting
181 with dashes, closes: #342501
182 * fix a spelling error in gzip man page, closes: #356011
183 * document the fact that zless doesn't work with stdin,
184 closes: #320226, #345036
186 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:31:54 -0600
188 gzip (1.3.5-12) unstable; urgency=low
190 * merge patch from Matt Zimmerman for futex hang due to improper signal
191 handling, closes: #310053, #315612
192 * merge patch to add --rsyncable to the man page, closes: #289616, #295721
193 * don't return failing result code on harmless warning, closes: #169669
195 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:10:51 +0300
197 gzip (1.3.5-11) unstable; urgency=low
199 * patch from Peter Samuelson for bashism in zgrep,
200 closes: #314342, #314211, #312380, #310329
202 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:39:11 -0600
204 gzip (1.3.5-10) unstable; urgency=medium
206 * remove PAGER reference from zmore.1, closes: #263792
207 * patch to improve zgrep argument sanitizing (CAN-2005-0758),
209 * patch isolated by Petter Reinholdtsen for CAN-2005-0988, closes: #303927
210 * patch for dir traversal bug (CAN-2005-1228), closes: #305255
211 * up the priority a click because of the security fixes
212 * patch to support cross building, closes: #283730
214 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:34:49 -0600
216 gzip (1.3.5-9) unstable; urgency=low
218 * eliminate the autoconf and automake build dependencies, since they are
219 no longer needed, closes: #250766
220 * improve temp file usage in gzexe, closes: #257314, #259043
221 * have zmore use 'more' instead of honoring $PAGER, to avoid violating
222 the principle of least astonishment, closes: #234212
223 * fix zgrep choke on filenames including a pipe character, closes: #216211
224 * incorporate watch file, closes: #248722
225 * suggest less, since we provide zless, closes: #217925
226 * use signames instead of signumbers for trap calls, closes: #259284
228 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:23:03 -0600
230 gzip (1.3.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
232 * run autoreconf -i to address problem reported with dir.old.gz being
233 included on rebuilds, closes: #249519
234 * change automake build dependency from automake1.7 to automaken
235 * add lintian overrides to squelch the hardlink warnings
236 * fix typo in inflate.c comments, closes: #201881
238 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 23 May 2004 01:07:03 -0600
240 gzip (1.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
242 * patch from David Mosberger to incorporate work done by Sverre Jarp on
243 an ia64 version of match.c content.
245 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:27 -0600
247 gzip (1.3.5-6) unstable; urgency=medium
249 * patch for insecure temp file usage in znew, closes: #193375
251 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:05:11 -0600
253 gzip (1.3.5-5) unstable; urgency=low
255 * apply patch from Anthony Towns that fixes seg faults on alpha during
256 build of Xfree86 at the expense of slightly decreasing the effectiveness
257 of the deflate implementation. closes: #184057, #187417
259 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:23 -0600
261 gzip (1.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
263 * merge patch from Rusty Russell that adds --rsyncable option to gzip.
264 This modifies the output stream to allow rsync to transfer updated .gz
265 files much more effectively. The resulting .gz files should be compatible
266 with the existing gunzip. The plan is that if this works out well for
267 Debian, the functionality will be included in a future upstream gzip
268 release. Closes: #116183, #118118, #134741
270 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:50:23 -0700
272 gzip (1.3.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
274 * upload a fresh version so m68k, et al, will rebuild, closes: #167790
276 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:42 -0700
278 gzip (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
280 * fix gzexe.in again as per what I did for 1.3.2-3 that accidentally got
281 lost when I merged 1.3.5 from upstream... sigh. Closes: #167150
282 * hack on gzip.texi a little harder to squelch warning at install time from
283 Debian's install-info, closes: #164106
285 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:42 -0700
287 gzip (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
289 * new upstream version
290 * fixes a bug in the incorrect-suffix diagnostic, which can lead to a
291 core dump, closes: #152579
292 * removes dangling output symlinks properly, closes: #144759
293 * zless no longer thinks it is zmore in usage message, closes: #121810
294 * zless replaced with a much simpler script, closes: #124097
295 * uses shell pattern matching instead of 'expr', closes: #123295
296 * man page suggests how to use gunzip on zip files, closes: #146019
297 * uses "trap -" to avoid bashism, closes: #140972, #157111
298 * accepts __i386 and __i386__ as synonyms for i386, closes: #152694
299 * fixes printing values greater than 10 * 2**32 bytes, closes: #141189
300 * includes fix for zforce needing -v, closes: #123294
301 * hack gzip.texi so that the Debian install-info doesn't choke on it (grrr),
302 and add texinfo as a build dependency
303 * eliminate things hard-coded in postinst and prerm now handled by debhelper
305 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:05:27 -0600
307 gzip (1.3.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
309 * modify gzexe.in to hard-code /bin/gzip instead of trying to use BINDIR
310 which yields /usr/bin/gzip. Don't use PATH since we have no idea what it
311 might be when the gzexe'd executable gets run. Closes: #119641
313 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:00:59 -0700
315 gzip (1.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
317 * fix silly mistake made when moving man pages from hard to soft links, so
318 man pages for zegrep, zfgrep, and uncompress work again, closes: #118325
320 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:53:40 -0700
322 gzip (1.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
324 * new upstream release, incorporating my diffs to 1.3.1
326 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:47:40 -0700
328 gzip (1.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
330 * add build dependencies on autoconf and automake
331 * fix infodir spec so we install in the build tree, not the system directory
333 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:18:06 -0700
335 gzip (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
337 * new upstream version! From alpha.gnu.org, on the explicit advice of the
338 current upstream maintainers, who are working with Debian to prepare a new
339 stable release that addresses many of the open issues in our BTS.
341 large file support handled in configure, closes: #108612, #83061, #113000
342 it appears the subtle problem with concatenation is fixed, closes: #114591
343 various segfault problems appear fixed, closes: #46312
344 gzip -r issues fixed, closes: #53645, #106186
345 problem with --no-filename option fixed, closes: #59067
346 zgrep -r disallowed - "I did not use the patch as it was not a complete
347 . fix for the problem and I thought it would cause more problems than
348 . it would cure. Instead, I simply disallowed zgrep -r", closes: #81288
349 error message reworded, closes: #76238
350 compression factor output fixed, closes: #80362
351 zgrep -H fixed, closes: #84371
352 permission issue when forced to compress linked file fixed, closes: #88918
353 manpage hardlinks fixed, closes: #94733
354 gzip --help now goes to stdout, closes: #97020
355 zless no longer runs less if file doesn't exist, closes: #109097
356 problem with -best fixed, closes: #17650
357 zgrep now understands --, closes: #28475
358 file size output by gzip fixed for large files, closes: #40721
359 * fix location referenced for GPL on Debian systems, closes: #112095
360 * move install-info remove call from from postrm to prerm
362 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:01:02 -0700
364 gzip (1.2.4-33) unstable; urgency=low
366 * update to current policy
368 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:10:58 -0700
370 gzip (1.2.4-32) unstable; urgency=low
372 * update prototype for and definition of basename function for compatibility
373 with glibc2.0, still in use on m68k. Closes: #45058
375 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:01:47 -0600
377 gzip (1.2.4-31) unstable; urgency=medium
379 * fix problems I induced while merging the upstream patch in the last upload,
380 most notably omitting zless from the package.
381 Closes: #44883, #44885, #44890, #44882, #44887, #44895, #44896
383 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:06:00 -0600
385 gzip (1.2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
387 * upstream patch, closes: #28872
388 1998-11-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
389 gzip.c (get_method): Don't complain about trailing zeros at
390 the end of a gzipped file, as they're commonly appended to fill
391 out a block (e.g. by GNU tar).
392 * update to FHS compliance
394 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:34:07 -0600
396 gzip (1.2.4-29) unstable; urgency=low
398 * apply patch from Vincent Renardias that improves behavior when trying to
399 decompress a corrupted .gz file. Closes 7472, 16385
401 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:50:12 -0700
403 gzip (1.2.4-28) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
405 * patch zforce to make it work at all, closes 22760
406 * patch to fix decompression of concatenated gzip files, closes 30537
408 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:43:09 -0700
410 gzip (1.2.4-27) frozen unstable; urgency=low
412 * patch from Jean-loup (upstream maintainer) for zgrep.in to fix the
413 problems with -A and -B successfully passing to grep. Closes 21209.
415 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:47:15 -0600
417 gzip (1.2.4-26) frozen unstable; urgency=low
419 * fix FSF address in copyright file, lintian now reports no errors
420 * minor tweak to Makefile to fix warnings during dh_installmanpages run
422 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:40:48 -0700
424 gzip (1.2.4-25) frozen unstable; urgency=low
426 * update znew.in and zdiff.in to do save tempfile handling, closes 19794
428 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:48:26 -0700
430 gzip (1.2.4-24) unstable; urgency=low
432 * minor fix for complaints about short files, closes 19159
434 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:21:50 -0700
436 gzip (1.2.4-23) unstable; urgency=high
438 * respond to security advisory from Alan Cox via Christian Hudon, fixes
439 an obscure possibility to get gzip to execute code
441 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:16:59 -0700
443 gzip (1.2.4-22) unstable; urgency=high
445 * gzexe modified to use tempfile in response to security advisory
447 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:30:20 -0700
449 gzip (1.2.4-21) unstable; urgency=low
451 * fix from the upstream maintainer for voluminous "Broken Pipe" messages
452 when using 'zgrep -l' or equivalent. Closes bug 15178.
454 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
456 gzip (1.2.4-20) unstable; urgency=low
458 * freshen rules file to match current debhelper
459 * improve handling of undocumented executables. Closes bug 13578.
461 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
463 gzip (1.2.4-19) unstable; urgency=low
465 * change dependency to Pre-Depends, to keep dpkg from getting hosed during
466 libc6 upgrades. Closes 15091.
467 * switch from debmake to debhelper. In the process, closes 15412.
469 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:42:49 -0700
471 gzip (1.2.4-18) unstable; urgency=low
473 * don't install INSTALL in the doc directory, closes bug 13224.
475 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
477 gzip (1.2.4-17) unstable; urgency=low
479 * fix distribution problem in changelog file
481 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
483 gzip (1.2.4-16) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
486 * tweaks to rules file to install Changelog, closes bug 12488
488 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:46:28 -0600
490 gzip (1.2.4-15) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
492 * fix minor security issue - race condition reported on bugtraq list
493 * rework debian/rules to build with debugging then strip
495 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:14:44 -0700
497 gzip (1.2.4-14) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
499 * The -13 upload was built against a libc5 too new for 'stable'.
501 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:37:31 -0700
503 gzip (1.2.4-13) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
505 * Fix missing "essential" flag on package, lost during standards update.
506 * Push this version back into stable to solve the 'compress' link problem.
508 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:14:14 -0700
510 gzip (1.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low
514 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 02 Nov 1996 14:47:42 -0800
517 Thu Jul 18 01:30:22 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
519 * add zegrep and zfgrep links in /usr/bin (Bug#3326)
520 * add an extended description (Bug#3591)
521 * tweak control files to use dpkg-name, etc.
523 Fri May 24 07:37:54 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
525 * don't provide a 'compress' link since it breaks things, but provide
526 an 'uncompress' link since it's useful.
527 * fix some administrivia
529 Sun Apr 14 20:39:19 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
531 * change gzexe.in to not use BINDIR, but assume gzip is in PATH
532 * add Architecture field in the control file
534 Wed Jan 17 00:07:00 MST 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
536 * switch targets in the Makefile to also install the links called
537 'compress' and 'uncompress' since some utilities care about these,
538 and we're unlikely to ever have a 'compress' package because of the
539 intellectual property issues.
541 Sat Dec 2 23:45:40 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
544 * add 'zless' as a near-clone of 'zmore', closes bug 1776
545 * unable to duplicate bug 1090, something has improved since then?
546 * add libc5 dependency