1 gzip (1.3.12-9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * switch to using dh_lintian for override delivery
5 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:15:42 -0600
7 gzip (1.3.12-8) unstable; urgency=low
9 * Add Carl Worth as an uploader.
10 * Fix "-f -" to work with zgrep, closes: #168606
11 * Avoid creating undersized hufts table, closes: #507263
13 -- Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:54:37 -0800
15 gzip (1.3.12-7) unstable; urgency=low
17 * improve package descriptions, remove ancient package relationship spec
18 in control file, closes: #484547
20 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:54:48 -0700
22 gzip (1.3.12-6) unstable; urgency=low
24 * strip the win32 gzip.exe binary during install, closes: #464455
25 * patch from Reuben Thomas for the zless.1 man page with pointers to
26 lessfile and lesspipe, which are a better solution than zless in most
27 cases... closes: #46787, #51162
28 * fix FTBFS when using gcc-4.3, closes: #476031
29 * remove the preinst since the --assert-support-predepends check should
30 no longer be necessary
32 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:26 -0600
34 gzip (1.3.12-5) unstable; urgency=low
36 * patch for zgrep.in from Daniel Kobras, closes: #434429
37 * patch from upstream to fix compilation with mingw32, and patch from
38 Robert Millan to build a win32 executable if mingw32 is available, all
39 to fix a preseeding problem in the win32-loader for Debian Installer.
42 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:46:42 -0700
44 gzip (1.3.12-4) unstable; urgency=low
46 * incorporate diffs from NMUs, closes: #434275, #433845, #438675
47 * define UNALIGNED_OK when building for amd64, closes: #386356
49 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:48:37 -0700
51 gzip (1.3.12-3.2) unstable; urgency=low
53 * Non-maintainer upload.
54 * Stop zdiff from dropping cmp's output. Patch thanks to Jorg-Volker Peetz
57 -- Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:50:29 +1000
59 gzip (1.3.12-3.1) unstable; urgency=medium
61 * Non-maintainer upload.
62 * Rename futimens to gz_futimens, since glibc now defines an futimens
63 function with a different prototype. Closes: #433845.
64 * Urgency medium for the RC bug fix.
66 -- Daniel Schepler <schepler@debian.org> Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:52 -0400
68 gzip (1.3.12-3) unstable; urgency=low
70 * fix bindir so gunzip, et al, work again, closes: #429462
72 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:08:59 +0100
74 gzip (1.3.12-2) unstable; urgency=low
76 * fix typo in gzip fprintf, closes: #426965
77 * revert my zgrep.in patch since upstream handles alternates differently now
79 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:17:37 -0400
81 gzip (1.3.12-1) unstable; urgency=low
83 * new upstream version, closes: #177942, #225864, #362786, #366660, #367400,
84 #383358, #402042, #404099, #404114, #419895
85 * fix delivery of upstream ChangeLog, closes: #404062
87 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:55:42 -0400
89 gzip (1.3.9-2) unstable; urgency=low
91 * change direntry ordering in gzip.texi to work around bug in install-info,
94 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:16 -0700
96 gzip (1.3.9-1) unstable; urgency=low
98 * new upstream version, closes: #366660, #403308
99 * clean up a few gratuitous differences from new upstream, leaving
100 only the rsyncable patch and tweaks like zmore always using more
101 * fix spelling error in documentation, closes: #395450
102 * upstream patch for regression uncompressing null input, closes: #403970
104 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:16:36 -0700
106 gzip (1.3.5-15) unstable; urgency=high
108 * security update, covering the following alerts:
109 CVE-2006-4334 CVE-2006-4335 CVE-2006-4336 CVE-2006-4337 CVE-2006-4338
111 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:35:26 -0600
113 gzip (1.3.5-14) unstable; urgency=medium
115 * update section to match override
116 * patch from Matthew Chapman to avoid deleting input file before we're
117 sure the output file has been written without errors, closes: #366660
118 * patch from Reuben Thomas to fix zgrep return code,
119 closes: #292896, #192891, #190442
120 * enable gzexe compressed files to work on systems where tempfile is not
121 available while retaining preference for tempfile, closes: #334540
123 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 15:02:27 -0600
125 gzip (1.3.5-13) unstable; urgency=low
127 * patch from Reuben Thomas fixes problem passing zgrep filenames starting
128 with dashes, closes: #342501
129 * fix a spelling error in gzip man page, closes: #356011
130 * document the fact that zless doesn't work with stdin,
131 closes: #320226, #345036
133 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 01:31:54 -0600
135 gzip (1.3.5-12) unstable; urgency=low
137 * merge patch from Matt Zimmerman for futex hang due to improper signal
138 handling, closes: #310053, #315612
139 * merge patch to add --rsyncable to the man page, closes: #289616, #295721
140 * don't return failing result code on harmless warning, closes: #169669
142 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:10:51 +0300
144 gzip (1.3.5-11) unstable; urgency=low
146 * patch from Peter Samuelson for bashism in zgrep,
147 closes: #314342, #314211, #312380, #310329
149 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:39:11 -0600
151 gzip (1.3.5-10) unstable; urgency=medium
153 * remove PAGER reference from zmore.1, closes: #263792
154 * patch to improve zgrep argument sanitizing (CAN-2005-0758),
156 * patch isolated by Petter Reinholdtsen for CAN-2005-0988, closes: #303927
157 * patch for dir traversal bug (CAN-2005-1228), closes: #305255
158 * up the priority a click because of the security fixes
159 * patch to support cross building, closes: #283730
161 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 20 May 2005 22:34:49 -0600
163 gzip (1.3.5-9) unstable; urgency=low
165 * eliminate the autoconf and automake build dependencies, since they are
166 no longer needed, closes: #250766
167 * improve temp file usage in gzexe, closes: #257314, #259043
168 * have zmore use 'more' instead of honoring $PAGER, to avoid violating
169 the principle of least astonishment, closes: #234212
170 * fix zgrep choke on filenames including a pipe character, closes: #216211
171 * incorporate watch file, closes: #248722
172 * suggest less, since we provide zless, closes: #217925
173 * use signames instead of signumbers for trap calls, closes: #259284
175 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 01:23:03 -0600
177 gzip (1.3.5-8) unstable; urgency=low
179 * run autoreconf -i to address problem reported with dir.old.gz being
180 included on rebuilds, closes: #249519
181 * change automake build dependency from automake1.7 to automaken
182 * add lintian overrides to squelch the hardlink warnings
183 * fix typo in inflate.c comments, closes: #201881
185 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 23 May 2004 01:07:03 -0600
187 gzip (1.3.5-7) unstable; urgency=low
189 * patch from David Mosberger to incorporate work done by Sverre Jarp on
190 an ia64 version of match.c content.
192 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:27 -0600
194 gzip (1.3.5-6) unstable; urgency=medium
196 * patch for insecure temp file usage in znew, closes: #193375
198 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 7 Jun 2003 09:05:11 -0600
200 gzip (1.3.5-5) unstable; urgency=low
202 * apply patch from Anthony Towns that fixes seg faults on alpha during
203 build of Xfree86 at the expense of slightly decreasing the effectiveness
204 of the deflate implementation. closes: #184057, #187417
206 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:24:23 -0600
208 gzip (1.3.5-4) unstable; urgency=low
210 * merge patch from Rusty Russell that adds --rsyncable option to gzip.
211 This modifies the output stream to allow rsync to transfer updated .gz
212 files much more effectively. The resulting .gz files should be compatible
213 with the existing gunzip. The plan is that if this works out well for
214 Debian, the functionality will be included in a future upstream gzip
215 release. Closes: #116183, #118118, #134741
217 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:50:23 -0700
219 gzip (1.3.5-3) unstable; urgency=low
221 * upload a fresh version so m68k, et al, will rebuild, closes: #167790
223 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:13:42 -0700
225 gzip (1.3.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
227 * fix gzexe.in again as per what I did for 1.3.2-3 that accidentally got
228 lost when I merged 1.3.5 from upstream... sigh. Closes: #167150
229 * hack on gzip.texi a little harder to squelch warning at install time from
230 Debian's install-info, closes: #164106
232 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:21:42 -0700
234 gzip (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
236 * new upstream version
237 * fixes a bug in the incorrect-suffix diagnostic, which can lead to a
238 core dump, closes: #152579
239 * removes dangling output symlinks properly, closes: #144759
240 * zless no longer thinks it is zmore in usage message, closes: #121810
241 * zless replaced with a much simpler script, closes: #124097
242 * uses shell pattern matching instead of 'expr', closes: #123295
243 * man page suggests how to use gunzip on zip files, closes: #146019
244 * uses "trap -" to avoid bashism, closes: #140972, #157111
245 * accepts __i386 and __i386__ as synonyms for i386, closes: #152694
246 * fixes printing values greater than 10 * 2**32 bytes, closes: #141189
247 * includes fix for zforce needing -v, closes: #123294
248 * hack gzip.texi so that the Debian install-info doesn't choke on it (grrr),
249 and add texinfo as a build dependency
250 * eliminate things hard-coded in postinst and prerm now handled by debhelper
252 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:05:27 -0600
254 gzip (1.3.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
256 * modify gzexe.in to hard-code /bin/gzip instead of trying to use BINDIR
257 which yields /usr/bin/gzip. Don't use PATH since we have no idea what it
258 might be when the gzexe'd executable gets run. Closes: #119641
260 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:00:59 -0700
262 gzip (1.3.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
264 * fix silly mistake made when moving man pages from hard to soft links, so
265 man pages for zegrep, zfgrep, and uncompress work again, closes: #118325
267 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:53:40 -0700
269 gzip (1.3.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
271 * new upstream release, incorporating my diffs to 1.3.1
273 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Nov 2001 09:47:40 -0700
275 gzip (1.3.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
277 * add build dependencies on autoconf and automake
278 * fix infodir spec so we install in the build tree, not the system directory
280 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 02:18:06 -0700
282 gzip (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
284 * new upstream version! From alpha.gnu.org, on the explicit advice of the
285 current upstream maintainers, who are working with Debian to prepare a new
286 stable release that addresses many of the open issues in our BTS.
288 large file support handled in configure, closes: #108612, #83061, #113000
289 it appears the subtle problem with concatenation is fixed, closes: #114591
290 various segfault problems appear fixed, closes: #46312
291 gzip -r issues fixed, closes: #53645, #106186
292 problem with --no-filename option fixed, closes: #59067
293 zgrep -r disallowed - "I did not use the patch as it was not a complete
294 . fix for the problem and I thought it would cause more problems than
295 . it would cure. Instead, I simply disallowed zgrep -r", closes: #81288
296 error message reworded, closes: #76238
297 compression factor output fixed, closes: #80362
298 zgrep -H fixed, closes: #84371
299 permission issue when forced to compress linked file fixed, closes: #88918
300 manpage hardlinks fixed, closes: #94733
301 gzip --help now goes to stdout, closes: #97020
302 zless no longer runs less if file doesn't exist, closes: #109097
303 problem with -best fixed, closes: #17650
304 zgrep now understands --, closes: #28475
305 file size output by gzip fixed for large files, closes: #40721
306 * fix location referenced for GPL on Debian systems, closes: #112095
307 * move install-info remove call from from postrm to prerm
309 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 3 Nov 2001 01:01:02 -0700
311 gzip (1.2.4-33) unstable; urgency=low
313 * update to current policy
315 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:10:58 -0700
317 gzip (1.2.4-32) unstable; urgency=low
319 * update prototype for and definition of basename function for compatibility
320 with glibc2.0, still in use on m68k. Closes: #45058
322 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:01:47 -0600
324 gzip (1.2.4-31) unstable; urgency=medium
326 * fix problems I induced while merging the upstream patch in the last upload,
327 most notably omitting zless from the package.
328 Closes: #44883, #44885, #44890, #44882, #44887, #44895, #44896
330 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 12:06:00 -0600
332 gzip (1.2.4-30) unstable; urgency=low
334 * upstream patch, closes: #28872
335 1998-11-18 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
336 gzip.c (get_method): Don't complain about trailing zeros at
337 the end of a gzipped file, as they're commonly appended to fill
338 out a block (e.g. by GNU tar).
339 * update to FHS compliance
341 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:34:07 -0600
343 gzip (1.2.4-29) unstable; urgency=low
345 * apply patch from Vincent Renardias that improves behavior when trying to
346 decompress a corrupted .gz file. Closes 7472, 16385
348 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 27 Jan 1999 20:50:12 -0700
350 gzip (1.2.4-28) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
352 * patch zforce to make it work at all, closes 22760
353 * patch to fix decompression of concatenated gzip files, closes 30537
355 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:43:09 -0700
357 gzip (1.2.4-27) frozen unstable; urgency=low
359 * patch from Jean-loup (upstream maintainer) for zgrep.in to fix the
360 problems with -A and -B successfully passing to grep. Closes 21209.
362 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 25 Apr 1998 22:47:15 -0600
364 gzip (1.2.4-26) frozen unstable; urgency=low
366 * fix FSF address in copyright file, lintian now reports no errors
367 * minor tweak to Makefile to fix warnings during dh_installmanpages run
369 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:40:48 -0700
371 gzip (1.2.4-25) frozen unstable; urgency=low
373 * update znew.in and zdiff.in to do save tempfile handling, closes 19794
375 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 21 Mar 1998 23:48:26 -0700
377 gzip (1.2.4-24) unstable; urgency=low
379 * minor fix for complaints about short files, closes 19159
381 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:21:50 -0700
383 gzip (1.2.4-23) unstable; urgency=high
385 * respond to security advisory from Alan Cox via Christian Hudon, fixes
386 an obscure possibility to get gzip to execute code
388 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Wed, 11 Mar 1998 02:16:59 -0700
390 gzip (1.2.4-22) unstable; urgency=high
392 * gzexe modified to use tempfile in response to security advisory
394 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:30:20 -0700
396 gzip (1.2.4-21) unstable; urgency=low
398 * fix from the upstream maintainer for voluminous "Broken Pipe" messages
399 when using 'zgrep -l' or equivalent. Closes bug 15178.
401 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
403 gzip (1.2.4-20) unstable; urgency=low
405 * freshen rules file to match current debhelper
406 * improve handling of undocumented executables. Closes bug 13578.
408 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sun, 4 Jan 1998 00:56:21 -0700
410 gzip (1.2.4-19) unstable; urgency=low
412 * change dependency to Pre-Depends, to keep dpkg from getting hosed during
413 libc6 upgrades. Closes 15091.
414 * switch from debmake to debhelper. In the process, closes 15412.
416 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:42:49 -0700
418 gzip (1.2.4-18) unstable; urgency=low
420 * don't install INSTALL in the doc directory, closes bug 13224.
422 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
424 gzip (1.2.4-17) unstable; urgency=low
426 * fix distribution problem in changelog file
428 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:06:35 -0600
430 gzip (1.2.4-16) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
433 * tweaks to rules file to install Changelog, closes bug 12488
435 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 4 Sep 1997 22:46:28 -0600
437 gzip (1.2.4-15) stable frozen unstable; urgency=low
439 * fix minor security issue - race condition reported on bugtraq list
440 * rework debian/rules to build with debugging then strip
442 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:14:44 -0700
444 gzip (1.2.4-14) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
446 * The -13 upload was built against a libc5 too new for 'stable'.
448 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Thu, 28 Nov 1996 11:37:31 -0700
450 gzip (1.2.4-13) stable frozen unstable; urgency=medium
452 * Fix missing "essential" flag on package, lost during standards update.
453 * Push this version back into stable to solve the 'compress' link problem.
455 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:14:14 -0700
457 gzip (1.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low
461 -- Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> Sat, 02 Nov 1996 14:47:42 -0800
464 Thu Jul 18 01:30:22 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
466 * add zegrep and zfgrep links in /usr/bin (Bug#3326)
467 * add an extended description (Bug#3591)
468 * tweak control files to use dpkg-name, etc.
470 Fri May 24 07:37:54 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
472 * don't provide a 'compress' link since it breaks things, but provide
473 an 'uncompress' link since it's useful.
474 * fix some administrivia
476 Sun Apr 14 20:39:19 MDT 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
478 * change gzexe.in to not use BINDIR, but assume gzip is in PATH
479 * add Architecture field in the control file
481 Wed Jan 17 00:07:00 MST 1996 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
483 * switch targets in the Makefile to also install the links called
484 'compress' and 'uncompress' since some utilities care about these,
485 and we're unlikely to ever have a 'compress' package because of the
486 intellectual property issues.
488 Sat Dec 2 23:45:40 MST 1995 Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com>
491 * add 'zless' as a near-clone of 'zmore', closes bug 1776
492 * unable to duplicate bug 1090, something has improved since then?
493 * add libc5 dependency