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Debian Changelog ncompress (4.2.4.2-1)

2007

ncompress (4.2.4.2-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Move to the SourceForge project, which is actively maintained.
     - Upgrade to version 4.2.4.2
     - Update debian/copyright to note the SF maintainer
     - Updated debian/README.Debian to discuss SF package
     - Updated debian/watch to point to the new upstream source

 -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>  Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:42:48 -0600

ncompress (4.2.4.0-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fix incorrect reference to /usr/doc (closes: #437106).

 -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 17:54:50 -0500

2006

ncompress (4.2.4.0-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fixed Debian watch file to include "real" upstream version.

 -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:23:24 -0600

ncompress (4.2.4.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fake upstream "version change" to force dak migration (closes: #395486).
     - dak cannot cleanly migrate from non-free to main without a version change
     - Because of this, the sources (orig.tar.gz) were still deployed to non-free

 -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>  Sat, 28 Oct 2006 13:42:27 -0500

ncompress (4.2.4-16) unstable; urgency=low

   * Bumped standards version to 3.7.2 (no packaging changes).
   * Integrate changes from security team's 4.2.4-15sarge2 upload.
     Apply patch from Tavis Ormandy/Ludwig Nussel to fix missing boundary check.
     [compress42.c, CVE-2006-1168]

 -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:13:13 -0500

2004

ncompress (4.2.4-15) unstable; urgency=low

   * Move to main now that LZW patent has expired (closes: #261282).
   * Update debian/copyright to be clearer about public domain status.
   * Move James A. Woods letter from copyright file to README.Debian.
   * Move detailed location information from copyright file to README.Debian.

 -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:38:42 -0500

ncompress (4.2.4-14) unstable; urgency=low

   * Bumped standards version to 3.6.1 (no package changes).
   * Fix gcc-3.4 build problem (closes: #260723).
     - Add -DNOFUNCDEFS to gcc command, to prevent custom prototypes for
       standard functions from being used by the compiler.

 -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:49:01 -0500

2003

ncompress (4.2.4-13) unstable; urgency=low

   * Disallow maxbits less than 10, to avoid data corruption (closes: #220820).
   * Added note in debian/README.Debian about 9-bit corruption.

 -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:47:08 -0600

ncompress (4.2.4-12) unstable; urgency=low

   * Upstream source changed (ibiblio.org replaced sunsite.unc.edu).
     - Updated debian/watch to use correct URL
     - Updated debian/copyright to note new download location
     - Updated debian/copyright to clarify packaging history

 -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:40:56 -0500

ncompress (4.2.4-11) unstable; urgency=low

   * Changed debian/README.debian to document (lack of) large file support.
   * Changed section to 'optional' in debian/control to match overrides.

 -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:34:36 -0500

ncompress (4.2.4-10) unstable; urgency=low

   * New maintainer (closes: #182937).
   * Updated debian/copyright to reflect new maintainer.
   * Removed local variables from debian/changelog.
   * Updated debian/control file.
     - Reflect new maintainer.
     - Change standards version to 3.5.9.
     - Update debhelper depends to (>= 4.0.2).
     - Rewrite and clarify short and long descriptions.
     - Fix spelling error in long description (closes: #125169).
   * Updated comments in debian/README.debian.
   * Brought debian/rules up to "modern" standards.
   * Updated debian/copyright to clarify download location.
   * Added debian/watch file.
   * Added debian/compat file at compatibility level 4.
   * Changed prototype of main() in compress42.c, to quiet gcc.
   * Updated compress.1 manpage (closes: #99585).
     - Reference 'uncompress.real' rather than 'uncompress'.
     - No longer reference zcat at all.

 -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 17:52:47 -0500

2001

ncompress (4.2.4-9.1) unstable; urgency=low

   * NMU based on patch by Stephen Stafford <bagpuss@debian.org>:
     - FHS transition (closes: #91011, #91596).
     - Added build-depends on debhelper.
     - Uncommented call to dh_installdeb so the debhelper postinst and prerm
       files get installed with the FHS transition symlink stuff.
     - Bumped standards to 3.5.0.

 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:52:18 +0100

1998

ncompress (4.2.4-9) frozen unstable; urgency=low

   * Upload for frozen.

 -- Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 19:57:56 -0800

ncompress (4.2.4-8) unstable; urgency=low

   * No longer segfaults on long file names. (closes: #26416)
   * Standards version 2.5.0.0 (no changes).
   * 19 Oct 2004: reference CAN-2001-1413 and VU#176363.

 -- Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 23:19:45 -0800

ncompress (4.2.4-7) unstable; urgency=low

   * Removed dh_du invocation from debian/rules

 -- Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 23:17:13 -0500

ncompress (4.2.4-6) unstable; urgency=low

   * Moved exit status info to DIAGNOSTICS section (closes: #16640)

 -- Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>  Tue, 10 Feb 1998 21:27:56 -0800

ncompress (4.2.4-5) unstable; urgency=low

   * New maintainer
   * README.debian now mentions uncompress.real
   * Treat argv[0] value of "uncompress.real" as "uncompress" (closes: #16621)
   * Use debhelper (closes: #9674, #14503)
   * Control file now lists section as non-free/utils
   * Use standards version 2.4.0.0

 -- Adam Klein <aklein@debian.org>  Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:28:38 -0800

1997

ncompress (4.2.4-4) unstable; urgency=low

   * Rebuilt for hamm

 -- Christoph Lameter <clameter@waterf.org>  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 22:38:22 -0700

ncompress (4.2.4-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * new Maintainer

 -- Helmut Geyer <Helmut.Geyer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>  Fri, 6 Jun 1997 07:31:46 +0200

1996

ncompress (4.2.4-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * install uncompress as uncompress.real since gzip maintainer did not
     want to use alternative and gzip already installs a link for uncompress
     to gzip.

 -- Christoph Lameter <clameter@debian.org>  Mon, 30 Dec 1996 16:24:03 -0800

ncompress (4.2.4-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Initial Release.

 -- Christoph Lameter <clameter@debian.org>  Sun, 22 Dec 1996 10:14:17 -0800