1 gzip (1.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * new upstream version, with updated gnulib that closes: #669434
4 * patch to restore zgrep -h from Pär-Ola Nilsson, closes: #658734
5 * patch to fix pack reference in gzip man page from Stéphane Aulery,
7 * patch to add --rsyncable doc to info page from Jörgen Grahn,
9 * patch to improve zdiff doc from Stéphane Aulery, closes: #269612
10 * patches to fix RFC URLs from Stéphane Aulery, closes: #636182
12 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:04:08 -0600
14 gzip (1.4-5) unstable; urgency=low
16 * patch from upstream to address determinism issue, closes: #647522
18 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:07:22 +0100
20 gzip (1.4-4) unstable; urgency=low
22 * enable hardening build flags, closes: #664499
24 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:16:45 +0100
26 gzip (1.4-3) unstable; urgency=low
28 * patch from upstream for sys_stat.in.h to fix mingw32 builds,
31 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:13:33 -0700
33 gzip (1.4-2) unstable; urgency=low
35 * patch to use DEB_HOST_ARCH in rules, closes: #644785
36 * fix missing stamp creating in rules file causing extra build cycle,
39 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:24:17 -0700
41 gzip (1.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
43 * new upstream version, closes: #627121, #633927
44 * add Vcs entries to control file
45 * patch zless LESSOPEN definition to allow handling of gunzip data on STDIN,
47 * Build using mingw-w64 instead of mingw32, closes: #623428
48 * update to current policy, source package formats, etc
50 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:48:46 -0600
52 gzip (1.3.12-9) unstable; urgency=high
54 * fix applied for CVE-2010-0001 which identified an integer underflow when
55 decompressing files that are compressed using the LZW algorithm. This
56 could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when trying to decompress
57 a crafted LZW compressed gzip archive.
58 * switch to using dh_lintian for override delivery
60 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:38:41 +1300
62 gzip (1.3.12-8) unstable; urgency=low
64 * Add Carl Worth as an uploader.
65 * Fix "-f -" to work with zgrep, closes: #168606
66 * Avoid creating undersized hufts table, closes: #507263
68 -- Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:54:37 -0800
70 gzip (1.3.12-7) unstable; urgency=low
72 * improve package descriptions, remove ancient package relationship spec
73 in control file, closes: #484547
75 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:54:48 -0700
77 gzip (1.3.12-6) unstable; urgency=low
79 * strip the win32 gzip.exe binary during install, closes: #464455
80 * patch from Reuben Thomas for the zless.1 man page with pointers to
81 lessfile and lesspipe, which are a better solution than zless in most
82 cases... closes: #46787, #51162
83 * fix FTBFS when using gcc-4.3, closes: #476031
84 * remove the preinst since the --assert-support-predepends check should
85 no longer be necessary
87 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:26 -0600
89 gzip (1.3.12-5) unstable; urgency=low
91 * patch for zgrep.in from Daniel Kobras, closes: #434429
92 * patch from upstream to fix compilation with mingw32, and patch from
93 Robert Millan to build a win32 executable if mingw32 is available, all
94 to fix a preseeding problem in the win32-loader for Debian Installer.
97 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:46:42 -0700
99 gzip (1.3.12-4) unstable; urgency=low
101 * incorporate diffs from NMUs, closes: #434275, #433845, #438675
102 * define UNALIGNED_OK when building for amd64, closes: #386356
104 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:48:37 -0700
106 gzip (1.3.12-3.2) unstable; urgency=low
108 * Non-maintainer upload.
109 * Stop zdiff from dropping cmp's output. Patch thanks to Jorg-Volker Peetz
112 -- Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:50:29 +1000
114 gzip (1.3.12-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
116 * Non-maintainer upload.
117 * Rename futimens to gz_futimens, since glibc now defines an futimens
118 function with a different prototype. Closes: #433845.
119 * Urgency medium for the RC bug fix.
121 -- Daniel Schepler <schepler@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:52 -0400
123 gzip (1.3.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
125 * fix bindir so gunzip, et al, work again, closes: #429462
127 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:08:59 +0100
129 gzip (1.3.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
131 * fix typo in gzip fprintf, closes: #426965
132 * revert my zgrep.in patch since upstream handles alternates differently now
134 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:17:37 -0400
136 gzip (1.3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
138 * new upstream version, closes: #177942, #225864, #362786, #366660, #367400,
139 #383358, #402042, #404099, #404114, #419895
140 * fix delivery of upstream ChangeLog, closes: #404062
142 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:42 -0400
144 gzip (1.3.9-2) unstable; urgency=low
146 * change direntry ordering in gzip.texi to work around bug in install-info,
149 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:16 -0700
151 gzip (1.3.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
153 * new upstream version, closes: #366660, #403308
154 * clean up a few gratuitous differences from new upstream, leaving
155 only the rsyncable patch and tweaks like zmore always using more
156 * fix spelling error in documentation, closes: #395450
157 * upstream patch for regression uncompressing null input, closes: #403970
159 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:36 -0700
161 gzip (1.3.5-15) unstable; urgency=high
163 * security update, covering the following alerts:
164 CVE-2006-4334 CVE-2006-4335 CVE-2006-4336 CVE-2006-4337 CVE-2006-4338
166 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0600
168 gzip (1.3.5-14) unstable; urgency=medium
170 * update section to match override
171 * patch from Matthew Chapman to avoid deleting input file before we're
172 sure the output file has been written without errors, closes: #366660
173 * patch from Reuben Thomas to fix zgrep return code,
174 closes: #292896, #192891, #190442
175 * enable gzexe compressed files to work on systems where tempfile is not
176 available while retaining preference for tempfile, closes: #334540
178 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:02:27 -0600
180 gzip (1.3.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
182 * patch from Reuben Thomas fixes problem passing zgrep filenames starting
183 with dashes, closes: #342501
184 * fix a spelling error in gzip man page, closes: #356011
185 * document the fact that zless doesn't work with stdin,
186 closes: #320226, #345036
188 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:31:54 -0600
190 gzip (1.3.5-12) unstable; urgency=low
192 * merge patch from Matt Zimmerman for futex hang due to improper signal
193 handling, closes: #310053, #315612
194 * merge patch to add --rsyncable to the man page, closes: #289616, #295721
195 * don't return failing result code on harmless warning, closes: #169669
197 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:10:51 +0300
199 gzip (1.3.5-11) unstable; urgency=low
201 * patch from Peter Samuelson for bashism in zgrep,
202 closes: #314342, #314211, #312380, #310329
204 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:39:11 -0600
206 gzip (1.3.5-10) unstable; urgency=medium
208 * remove PAGER reference from zmore.1, closes: #263792
209 * patch to improve zgrep argument sanitizing (CAN-2005-0758),
211 * patch isolated by Petter Reinholdtsen for CAN-2005-0988, closes: #303927
212 * patch for dir traversal bug (CAN-2005-1228), closes: #305255
213 * up the priority a click because of the security fixes
214 * patch to support cross building, closes: #283730
216 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:34:49 -0600
218 gzip (1.3.5-9) unstable; urgency=low
220 * eliminate the autoconf and automake build dependencies, since they are
221 no longer needed, closes: #250766
222 * improve temp file usage in gzexe, closes: #257314, #259043
223 * have zmore use 'more' instead of honoring $PAGER, to avoid violating
224 the principle of least astonishment, closes: #234212
225 * fix zgrep choke on filenames including a pipe character, closes: #216211
226 * incorporate watch file, closes: #248722
227 * suggest less, since we provide zless, closes: #217925
228 * use signames instead of signumbers for trap calls, closes: #259284
230 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:23:03 -0600
232 gzip (1.3.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
234 * run autoreconf -i to address problem reported with dir.old.gz being
235 included on rebuilds, closes: #249519
236 * change automake build dependency from automake1.7 to automaken
237 * add lintian overrides to squelch the hardlink warnings
238 * fix typo in inflate.c comments, closes: #201881
240 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 23 May 2004 01:07:03 -0600
242 gzip (1.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
244 * patch from David Mosberger to incorporate work done by Sverre Jarp on
245 an ia64 version of match.c content.
247 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:27 -0600
249 gzip (1.3.5-6) unstable; urgency=medium
251 * patch for insecure temp file usage in znew, closes: #193375
253 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:05:11 -0600
255 gzip (1.3.5-5) unstable; urgency=low
257 * apply patch from Anthony Towns that fixes seg faults on alpha during
258 build of Xfree86 at the expense of slightly decreasing the effectiveness
259 of the deflate implementation. closes: #184057, #187417
261 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:23 -0600
263 gzip (1.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
265 * merge patch from Rusty Russell that adds --rsyncable option to gzip.
266 This modifies the output stream to allow rsync to transfer updated .gz
267 files much more effectively. The resulting .gz files should be compatible
268 with the existing gunzip. The plan is that if this works out well for
269 Debian, the functionality will be included in a future upstream gzip
270 release. Closes: #116183, #118118, #134741
272 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:50:23 -0700
274 gzip (1.3.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
276 * upload a fresh version so m68k, et al, will rebuild, closes: #167790
278 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:42 -0700
280 gzip (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
282 * fix gzexe.in again as per what I did for 1.3.2-3 that accidentally got
283 lost when I merged 1.3.5 from upstream... sigh. Closes: #167150
284 * hack on gzip.texi a little harder to squelch warning at install time from
285 Debian's install-info, closes: #164106
287 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:42 -0700
289 gzip (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
291 * new upstream version
292 * fixes a bug in the incorrect-suffix diagnostic, which can lead to a
293 core dump, closes: #152579
294 * removes dangling output symlinks properly, closes: #144759
295 * zless no longer thinks it is zmore in usage message, closes: #121810
296 * zless replaced with a much simpler script, closes: #124097
297 * uses shell pattern matching instead of 'expr', closes: #123295
298 * man page suggests how to use gunzip on zip files, closes: #146019
299 * uses "trap -" to avoid bashism, closes: #140972, #157111
300 * accepts __i386 and __i386__ as synonyms for i386, closes: #152694
301 * fixes printing values greater than 10 * 2**32 bytes, closes: #141189
302 * includes fix for zforce needing -v, closes: #123294
303 * hack gzip.texi so that the Debian install-info doesn't choke on it (grrr),
304 and add texinfo as a build dependency
305 * eliminate things hard-coded in postinst and prerm now handled by debhelper
307 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:05:27 -0600
309 gzip (1.3.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
311 * modify gzexe.in to hard-code /bin/gzip instead of trying to use BINDIR
312 which yields /usr/bin/gzip. Don't use PATH since we have no idea what it
313 might be when the gzexe'd executable gets run. Closes: #119641
315 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:00:59 -0700
317 gzip (1.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
319 * fix silly mistake made when moving man pages from hard to soft links, so
320 man pages for zegrep, zfgrep, and uncompress work again, closes: #118325
322 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:53:40 -0700
324 gzip (1.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
326 * new upstream release, incorporating my diffs to 1.3.1
328 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:47:40 -0700
330 gzip (1.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
332 * add build dependencies on autoconf and automake
333 * fix infodir spec so we install in the build tree, not the system directory
335 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:18:06 -0700
337 gzip (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
339 * new upstream version! From alpha.gnu.org, on the explicit advice of the
340 current upstream maintainers, who are working with Debian to prepare a new
341 stable release that addresses many of the open issues in our BTS.
343 large file support handled in configure, closes: #108612, #83061, #113000
344 it appears the subtle problem with concatenation is fixed, closes: #114591
345 various segfault problems appear fixed, closes: #46312
346 gzip -r issues fixed, closes: #53645, #106186
347 problem with --no-filename option fixed, closes: #59067
348 zgrep -r disallowed - "I did not use the patch as it was not a complete
349 . fix for the problem and I thought it would cause more problems than
350 . it would cure. Instead, I simply disallowed zgrep -r", closes: #81288
351 error message reworded, closes: #76238
352 compression factor output fixed, closes: #80362
353 zgrep -H fixed, closes: #84371
354 permission issue when forced to compress linked file fixed, closes: #88918
355 manpage hardlinks fixed, closes: #94733
356 gzip --help now goes to stdout, closes: #97020
357 zless no longer runs less if file doesn't exist, closes: #109097
358 problem with -best fixed, closes: #17650
359 zgrep now understands --, closes: #28475
360 file size output by gzip fixed for large files, closes: #40721
361 * fix location referenced for GPL on Debian systems, closes: #112095
362 * move install-info remove call from from postrm to prerm
364 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:01:02 -0700
366 gzip (1.2.4-33) unstable; urgency=low
368 * update to current policy
370 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:10:58 -0700
372 gzip (1.2.4-32) unstable; urgency=low
374 * update prototype for and definition of basename function for compatibility
375 with glibc2.0, still in use on m68k. Closes: #45058
377 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:01:47 -0600
379 gzip (1.2.4-31) unstable; urgency=medium
381 * fix problems I induced while merging the upstream patch in the last upload,
382 most notably omitting zless from the package.
383 Closes: #44883, #44885, #44890, #44882, #44887, #44895, #44896
385 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:06:00 -0600
387 gzip (1.2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
389 * upstream patch, closes: #28872
390 1998-11-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
391 gzip.c (get_method): Don't complain about trailing zeros at
392 the end of a gzipped file, as they're commonly appended to fill
393 out a block (e.g. by GNU tar).
394 * update to FHS compliance
396 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:34:07 -0600
398 gzip (1.2.4-29) unstable; urgency=low
400 * apply patch from Vincent Renardias that improves behavior when trying to
401 decompress a corrupted .gz file. Closes 7472, 16385
403 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:50:12 -0700
405 gzip (1.2.4-28) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
407 * patch zforce to make it work at all, closes 22760
408 * patch to fix decompression of concatenated gzip files, closes 30537
410 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:43:09 -0700
412 gzip (1.2.4-27) frozen unstable; urgency=low
414 * patch from Jean-loup (upstream maintainer) for zgrep.in to fix the
415 problems with -A and -B successfully passing to grep. Closes 21209.
417 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:47:15 -0600
419 gzip (1.2.4-26) frozen unstable; urgency=low
421 * fix FSF address in copyright file, lintian now reports no errors
422 * minor tweak to Makefile to fix warnings during dh_installmanpages run
424 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:40:48 -0700
426 gzip (1.2.4-25) frozen unstable; urgency=low
428 * update znew.in and zdiff.in to do save tempfile handling, closes 19794
430 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:48:26 -0700
432 gzip (1.2.4-24) unstable; urgency=low
434 * minor fix for complaints about short files, closes 19159
436 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:21:50 -0700
438 gzip (1.2.4-23) unstable; urgency=high
440 * respond to security advisory from Alan Cox via Christian Hudon, fixes
441 an obscure possibility to get gzip to execute code
443 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:16:59 -0700
445 gzip (1.2.4-22) unstable; urgency=high
447 * gzexe modified to use tempfile in response to security advisory
449 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:30:20 -0700
451 gzip (1.2.4-21) unstable; urgency=low
453 * fix from the upstream maintainer for voluminous "Broken Pipe" messages
454 when using 'zgrep -l' or equivalent. Closes bug 15178.
456 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
458 gzip (1.2.4-20) unstable; urgency=low
460 * freshen rules file to match current debhelper
461 * improve handling of undocumented executables. Closes bug 13578.
463 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
465 gzip (1.2.4-19) unstable; urgency=low
467 * change dependency to Pre-Depends, to keep dpkg from getting hosed during
468 libc6 upgrades. Closes 15091.
469 * switch from debmake to debhelper. In the process, closes 15412.
471 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:42:49 -0700
473 gzip (1.2.4-18) unstable; urgency=low
475 * don't install INSTALL in the doc directory, closes bug 13224.
477 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
479 gzip (1.2.4-17) unstable; urgency=low
481 * fix distribution problem in changelog file
483 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
485 gzip (1.2.4-16) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
488 * tweaks to rules file to install Changelog, closes bug 12488
490 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:46:28 -0600
492 gzip (1.2.4-15) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
494 * fix minor security issue - race condition reported on bugtraq list
495 * rework debian/rules to build with debugging then strip
497 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:14:44 -0700
499 gzip (1.2.4-14) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
501 * The -13 upload was built against a libc5 too new for 'stable'.
503 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:37:31 -0700
505 gzip (1.2.4-13) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
507 * Fix missing "essential" flag on package, lost during standards update.
508 * Push this version back into stable to solve the 'compress' link problem.
510 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:14:14 -0700
512 gzip (1.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low
516 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 02 Nov 1996 14:47:42 -0800
519 Thu Jul 18 01:30:22 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
521 * add zegrep and zfgrep links in /usr/bin (Bug#3326)
522 * add an extended description (Bug#3591)
523 * tweak control files to use dpkg-name, etc.
525 Fri May 24 07:37:54 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
527 * don't provide a 'compress' link since it breaks things, but provide
528 an 'uncompress' link since it's useful.
529 * fix some administrivia
531 Sun Apr 14 20:39:19 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
533 * change gzexe.in to not use BINDIR, but assume gzip is in PATH
534 * add Architecture field in the control file
536 Wed Jan 17 00:07:00 MST 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
538 * switch targets in the Makefile to also install the links called
539 'compress' and 'uncompress' since some utilities care about these,
540 and we're unlikely to ever have a 'compress' package because of the
541 intellectual property issues.
543 Sat Dec 2 23:45:40 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
546 * add 'zless' as a near-clone of 'zmore', closes bug 1776
547 * unable to duplicate bug 1090, something has improved since then?
548 * add libc5 dependency