1 xz-utils (5.0.0-0.1) experimental; urgency=low
3 * First stable upstream release.
4 - xz avoids SA_RESTART. This should not have a visible effect
5 because xz already blocked signals during operations that
6 would be difficult to resume after interruption.
7 - liblzma: The coders returned by lzma_index_encoder() and
8 lzma_index_decoder() support an LZMA_FINISH action, with
9 identical semantics to LZMA_RUN.
10 - The printable (PDF and PS) versions of the manual are easier
12 - Many documentation and build system cleanups.
13 * liblzma: Back out upstream ABI tweaks.
15 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:53:46 -0500
17 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100927-1) experimental; urgency=low
19 * New snapshot, taken from upstream commit cec0ddc.
20 - liblzma: The meaning of --extreme has been tweaked to address
21 cases in which it made the compression ratio worse. Some files
22 might benefit slightly less from --extreme.
23 - xz: Table columns are not misaligned any more in messages with
24 multi-byte characters (e.g., file sizes with LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8).
25 - xz: New German and Italian translations.
26 - Various documentation, message, and translation updates.
27 * Update copyright file.
28 * debian/rules get-orig-source: Update upstream Git URL.
29 * xz-utils/README.Debian: Advertise XZ_DEFAULTS.
31 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:22:22 -0500
33 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100903-1) experimental; urgency=low
35 * New snapshot, taken from upstream commit 373ee26.
36 - liblzma: The settings for compression levels 0 through 5
37 (used by xz -0/.../-5) have been tweaked. This affects the
38 speed, compression ratio, and memory usage at compression and
40 - Does not search so hard for a match when a low "nice match
41 length" setting is specified without a depth.
42 - xz: The -1/.../-9 preset options override any previously
43 specified filters, rather than vice versa. To mix presets
44 with filter options, use the --lzma2=preset=n option.
45 - xz: Warns about --memlimit-compress settings that result in
46 compression settings changing even if no explicit -1/.../-9,
47 --lzma1, or --lzma2 option was used.
48 - "xz -v -v --compress" now prints an estimate of the memory
49 required to decompress a file.
50 * debian/copyright: Update upstream Git URL.
51 * debian/changelog.upstream.sh: Permit terser changelog lines.
52 * Standards-Version: 3.9.1 (checked).
54 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:05:20 -0500
56 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100810-1) unstable; urgency=low
58 * New upstream snapshot, taken from upstream commit d5653ba8a.
59 - xz: The memory usage limiter is now disabled by default.
60 - xz: Support for an XZ_DEFAULTS environment variable was added.
61 It contains user-specific default settings, such as memory usage
62 limits, and can be overridden by the command line and XZ_OPT.
63 - xz: The new --memlimit-compress and --memlimit-decompress
64 options allow the memory usage limit to be set separately for
65 compression and decompression. A new --memlimit alias has been
66 added for the existing --memory option.
67 - xz: The --info-memory option (with or without --robot) now prints
68 how much RAM is installed in addition to the compression and
69 decompression memory limits.
70 * liblzma-doc: Simplify package description.
71 * debian/control: Build-Depends: autopoint | gettext (<< 0.18-1),
72 autopoint | cvs instead of autopoint, to help with backporting.
73 Thanks to Thorsten Glaser for a report.
75 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:27:14 -0500
77 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100713-1) unstable; urgency=low
80 * Explicitly depend on autoconf (>= 2.64~) due to AC_PREREQ,
81 discovered during backporting.
85 * New upstream snapshot, taken from upstream commit a540198f.
86 - xz: The new --no-adjust option can be used to error out if there
87 is insufficient memory for the chosen compression level.
88 * liblzma-dev: Install examples to /usr/share/doc/liblzma-dev.
89 * Update copyright file.
91 * Drop unpack-time conflicts in favor of configuration-time
92 conflicts (Replaces + Breaks):
93 - xz-utils: against old xz-lzma (for lzmainfo).
94 - xzdec: against old xz-lzma (for lzmadec).
95 - xz-lzma: against lzip 1.7 (for lzdiff and lzgrep).
96 * Standards-Version: 3.9.0.
98 * debian/autogen.sh: Don’t regenerate upstream changelog when it is
100 * debian/rules get-orig-source: Use gzip --no-name --rsyncable.
102 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:53:37 -0500
104 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100602-1) experimental; urgency=low
106 * New upstream snapshot, taken from upstream commit d8b41eed.
107 - The output from "xz -v --list" and "xz -v -v --list" has been
109 "xz -v -v --list" can be used to obtain an estimate for the memory
110 required to decompress a file.
111 - The xz manual page has some new material, including examples.
113 - liblzma: The lzma_block_compressed_size() function no longer
114 returns LZMA_DATA_ERROR for valid Blocks.
115 * debian/symbols: Bump minimal version for lzma_block_compressed_size.
116 * Correct the 4.999.9beta+20100307-1 changelog entry to describe
117 which public functions were affected.
119 * Add new xz-lzma package to allow xz to provide lzma and related
120 commands. Conflicts: and Provides: lzma.
121 * xz-utils: Suggests: xz-lzma.
122 * xz-utils/README.Debian: Take xz-lzma into account.
124 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:53:58 -0500
126 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100527-1) unstable; urgency=low
128 * New upstream snapshot, taken from upstream commit a334348dc.
129 - Show both elapsed time and estimated remaining time in xz -v.
130 Thanks to Trent W. Buck for the idea. Closes: #574583.
131 - liblzma: Remove the Subblock filter from the public API
132 (the ABI is unchanged).
133 * liblzma-dev.NEWS: Update.
134 * xz-utils: Update Czech translation.
135 * Change priority of xz-utils and liblzma2 to required and
138 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Thu, 27 May 2010 16:27:04 -0500
140 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100307-1) unstable; urgency=low
142 * New upstream snapshot, taken from upstream commit f4b2b526.
143 - liblzma: The stream initialization functions were not correctly
144 initializing the internal allow_buffer_error flag. As a result,
145 ever since 4.999.9beta-1 in rare circumstances when decompressing
146 LZMA files, the xz tool would produce spurious "Unexpected end
147 of input" failures (Gentoo bug 305591).
148 - The default memory usage limit on low-memory systems has been
150 * debian/copyright: Clarify.
152 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:22:24 -0600
154 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100212-4) unstable; urgency=low
156 * debian/control: Build-Depends: autopoint instead of cvs.
158 * debian/copyright: Clean up and include more details.
159 * debian/rules get-orig-source: Unindent comment lines.
160 * xz-utils: include Czech translation.
162 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:17:15 -0600
164 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100212-3) unstable; urgency=low
166 * liblzma-dev: Remove unneeded .la file.
167 * xz-utils: Dynamically link the xz binary.
168 * Do not waste time installing and running doxygen on buildds that
169 are not going to build arch-all packages.
170 Build-Depends-Indep: doxygen. Closes: #540444.
172 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:23:29 -0600
174 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100212-2) unstable; urgency=low
176 * Split off xzdec and lzmadec commands into new xzdec package.
177 Thanks to Guillem Jover for the idea. Closes: #571060.
178 * xz-utils.NEWS: advertise this change.
180 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:09:39 -0600
182 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100212-1) unstable; urgency=low
184 * New upstream snapshot, taken from upstream commit eb7d51a3f.
185 - xz --force compresses symlinks without complaint now.
186 - liblzma: the optimized CRC32 implementation for x86 no longer
187 misdetects the Hurd as Mac OS X.
188 * debian/rules: ./configure --enable-assembler on the Hurd.
189 * xz-utils: Simplify NEWS.Debian.gz.
190 * liblzma-dev: Add a NEWS file to keep track of future API changes.
192 * Drop unnecessary build-time conflict with autoconf2.13.
193 * Add a blank line to the end of all NEWS files.
194 (Works around: #247356)
195 * debian/README.source: Leave out “-I -i” options. Ignoring version
196 control cruft is the default behavior with dpkg source format 3.0.
197 * debian/changelog.upstream.sh: Pass ‘git log’ an explicit --format
198 option to avoid problems if format.pretty is set in gitconfig.
200 * Correct the 4.999.9beta+20100117-1 changelog entry. It said:
201 + The user-specified memory usage limit was not being honored in
203 No such bug was observed, so describe the change instead.
205 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:30:24 -0600
207 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100131-1) unstable; urgency=low
209 * New upstream snapshot, taken from upstream commit f9dd797a.
210 + xz: the --list option to display information about a compressed
211 file (e.g., its uncompressed size) is now functional. The output
212 of the xz --robot --list command still may change in future
214 * xz-utils: NEWS.Debian.gz: Clarify how interleaved output can
216 * debian/rules: Simplify:
217 - remove support for comma as a delimiter for $(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS).
218 - rely on dh --parallel instead of tricky logic of our own to
219 handle parallel builds. Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.4.10).
220 * Correct some typos in the 4.999.9beta+20100117-1 changelog entry.
221 * Standards-Version: 3.8.4 (checked).
222 * Update copyright file.
224 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:32:02 -0600
226 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100117-1) unstable; urgency=low
228 * New upstream snapshot, taken from upstream commit 07a11dad.
229 + Fix some logic errors in the internal memory usage configuration
231 + xz will no longer compress or decompress special files in place,
233 --force still enables compression of the target of a symlink.
234 + xz will no longer read compressed data from a terminal or write
235 it to a terminal, even with --force.
236 + liblzma: many Index handling API improvements:
237 - An lzma_index includes more useful metadata that is not
238 actually from the Index. This is particularly helpful for
239 describing multiple-stream files.
240 * lzma_index_cat() does not take a stream padding argument
241 any more; use lzma_index_stream_padding() instead.
242 * lzma_index_memusage() takes two arguments now.
243 The new lzma_index_memused() convenience function
244 calculates the total memory usage of an lzma_index.
245 * lzma_index_count() has been replaced with
246 lzma_index_block_count() and lzma_index_stream_count().
247 * The new lzma_index_stream_flags() allows storing Stream
248 Flags (e.g., checksum types) with the Index information.
249 * The new lzma_index_checks() function indicates the list of
250 checksum types in use.
251 * lzma_index_equal() has been removed. Its semantics were
252 unclear, and something approximately equivalent can be
253 implemented by iterating over Blocks in application code.
254 - An lzma_index no longer represents a position within an Index.
255 The new lzma_index_iter type can be used for that purpose.
256 * Certain functions generate an iterator on demand now rather
257 than clobbering their lzma_index arguments. Using a single
258 lzma_index for multiple concurrent invocations is safe now:
259 lzma_index_buffer_encode(), lzma_index_encoder()
260 * Functions that used to specify a Record by modifying an
261 lzma_index argument have been renamed and taught to write
262 an lzma_index_iter instead:
263 lzma_index_locate() -> lzma_index_iter_locate()
264 lzma_index_rewind() -> lzma_index_iter_rewind()
265 lzma_index_read() -> lzma_index_iter_next()
266 * The lzma_index_record type used by lzma_index_read() for
267 complex seeks is no more. lzma_index_iter_next() instead
268 takes a parameter of the new lzma_index_iter_mode type.
269 * New function: lzma_index_iter_init()
270 * lzma_index_init() cannot reuse memory from an existing
271 lzma_index any more. The signature changed accordingly.
272 + xz: support for decompressing to a sparse file
273 - Try to write a sparse file if the decompressed stream contains
274 long runs of null bytes.
275 - The new --no-sparse option disables this behavior.
276 + xz: add Czech translation.
277 + liblzma-dev: lzma_filters_copy() and lzma_filters_update() are
278 declared not to throw exceptions.
279 * liblzma: bump soname.
280 * xz-utils: Add NEWS.Debian describing the sparse file support.
281 * debian/rules: Stop explicitly disabling assembler optimizations on
282 the Hurd. The configure script will check if a platform is
285 * debian/rules: Update clean target to handle comments and wildcards
287 * Build-Depends: perl.
289 * debian/rules: Speed up build by using autoreconf --symlink.
290 * Remove debian/dirs lists.
291 * Update copyright file and fix a small typo.
293 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:19:50 -0600
295 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20091116-1) unstable; urgency=low
297 * New upstream snapshot, taken from upstream commit d315ca4.
298 + liblzma: add some new functions:
299 - lzma_filters_copy() to copy a filter chain;
300 - lzma_filters_update() to change compression options mid-stream;
301 - lzma_physmem() to retrieve the total quantity of installed RAM.
302 + Fix a design error in liblzma API.
303 - Stop requiring caller to maintain filter chain during
304 compression. The library used to read it for new compression
305 options. Callers that need to change options mid-stream should
306 use lzma_filters_update() instead.
307 - Remove 'persistent' member from struct lzma_options_lzma.
308 + xz: add --robot --info-memory options, for front-ends to use to
309 read the memory usage limit.
310 * liblzma: bump soname; add README.Debian explaining why soname
311 differs from upstream.
312 * Use source format 3.0 (quilt).
313 * Update and clarify copyright file.
315 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:33:35 -0600
317 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20091016-1) unstable; urgency=low
319 * New upstream snapshot, taken from upstream commit 78e92c1.
320 * Drop xzmore.1 patch, applied upstream.
321 * debian/rules: Disable assembler optimizations on hurd. (Closes: #553331)
322 * debian/control: Clarify binary package descriptions. Thanks to
323 Justin B Rye and Ben Finney for the text.
324 * debian/rules get-orig-source: Use commit date (instead of last patch
325 date) to name snapshots.
327 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:22:04 -0500
329 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20091004-1) unstable; urgency=low
331 * Upload to unstable. (Closes: #543562)
332 * New upstream snapshot, taken from upstream commit ebfb2c5.
333 * Patch xzmore.1 to use dashes instead of minus signs.
334 * debian/control: Conflicts: xz-lzma. (Closes: #550249)
335 * liblzma-doc: Register Doxygen-generated docs with doc-base.
336 * debian/changelog.upstream.sh: Declare local variables.
337 * debian/changelog.upstream.sh: Cope with multiple Debian revisions per
339 * debian/rules: Use ":=" where appropriate.
342 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:58:54 -0500
344 xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20091002-1) experimental; urgency=low
346 * New upstream snapshot, taken from upstream commit 29fd321.
347 * debian/control: Build-Depends: cvs (for autopoint).
349 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:21:08 -0500
351 xz-utils (4.999.9beta-1) experimental; urgency=low
354 * New upstream release.
355 - Fix a data corruption in the compression code. (Closes: #544872)
356 - xzdiff: Fix comparing two compressed files. (Closes: #540543)
357 - Most of XZ Utils is now in the public domain. (Closes: #541391)
358 - Add doc/history.txt to the distributed tarball. (Closes: #541540)
359 * Update and clarify copyright file.
360 * Drop lzma compatibility commands for now. (Closes: #542060, #540232)
361 Add instructions to README.Debian for installing them locally.
362 * debian/control: Add information about the packaging Git repository.
363 * debian/control: Clarify package descriptions.
364 * debian/README.source: Clarify build instructions.
365 * Add debian/.gitignore listing build products.
366 * Build xz-utils with static liblzma.
367 - debian/rules: Use configure --enable-dynamic=mixed.
368 * Optimize xzdec for size, following suggestion in PACKAGERS.
369 - debian/rules: Build xzdec separately so it can be optimized for size.
370 - debian/control: Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.3.0).
371 * Generate upstream changelog instead of shipping placeholder.
372 - debian/README.source: Add instructions for regenerating upstream
374 - debian/changelog.upstream.sh: New script.
375 - debian/rules: Install generated changelog file.
376 * liblzma-doc: Drop documentation already shipped in
377 /usr/share/doc/xz-utils.
378 * liblzma-dev, liblzma-doc: Add short README.Debian with pointers to
379 development documentation.
380 * Drop debian/xzdec.1, since upstream ships a better man page.
381 * Run autotools at build time.
383 - Build-Depends: autoconf, automake, libtool, gettext
384 - Build-Conflicts: autoconf2.13, automake1.4
386 - configure: autoreconf -fi
387 - clean: remove autotools-generated files to avoid .diff.gz
388 changes when built twice in a row.
389 * debian/rules: Add get-orig-source target.
390 * Prepare for upload to experimental.
393 * debian/copyright: refer to versioned GPL-3 file.
394 * debian/control: remove duplicate field ‘section’ in package xz-utils.
396 -- Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:44:04 -0500
398 xz-utils (4.999.8beta-1) experimental; urgency=low
401 * Initial package for Debian. (Closes: #518803)
403 - add minimal rules file (using Debhelper 7), a control file
404 describing the binary packages, and an appropriate compat file.
405 - use configure --enable-dynamic; use up-to-date config.guess and
407 - do not run automake and so on on autobuilders. Instead, we can
408 run them ourselves when we build the source package.
409 + debian/README.source:
410 - add informations about the packaging GIT repository.
411 * Add liblzma-doc package with Doxygen-generated API docs.
413 [ Mohammed Adnène Trojette ]
414 * Prepare for upload to experimental.
416 -- Mohammed Adnène Trojette <adn+deb@diwi.org> Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:26:56 +0200