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Updated: gzip-1.3.9-1


This is a belated release announcement for gzip-1.3.9-1.  It was
uploaded to sourceware.org in December 2006.

This is the latest version of gzip available from ftp.gnu.org.  It
should fix the problem mentioned here:

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-12/msg00288.html

The NEWS file from gzip is included after the cygwin-unsubscribe info.

For a brief description of this package, and a listing of the files it
contains, see http://cygwin.com/packages/gzip .

To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
the http://cygwin.com/ web page.  This downloads setup.exe to your
system.  Then, run setup and keep clicking "Next".

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Changes since last Cygwin release:

Gzip 1.3.9 (2006-12-15)

* No major changes; only porting fixes.

Major changes in Gzip 1.3.8 (2006-12-08)

* Fix some gzip problems:
  - A security fix from Debian 1.3.5-5 was inadvertently omitted.
  - The assembler is now invoked with --noexecstack if supported,
    so that gzip can better resist stack-smashing attacks.

Major changes in Gzip 1.3.7 (2006-12-06)

* Fix some gzip problems:
  - Refuse to compress setuid or setgid files, or files with the sticky bit.
  - Fix more race conditions in setting file permissions and owner,
    removing output files, following symbolic links, and dealing with
    special files.
  - Remove most of the code working around ENAMETOOLONG deficiencies.
    Systems with those deficiencies are long-dead, and the workarounds
    had race conditions on modern hosts.
  - Catch CPU time and file size limit signals, too.
  - Check for read errors when closing files.
  - Fix a core dump caused by a stray abort mistakenly introduced in 1.3.6.
* Fix some gzexe problems:
  - Improve resistance to denial-of-service attacks.
  - Fix some quoting and escaping bugs.
  - Do not assume /tmp is sticky (though it should be!).
  - Do not assume the working directory can be written.
  - Rely on PATH in the generated executable, as the man page says.
  - Don't assume IFS is sane.
  - Exit with signal's status, if signaled.

Major changes in Gzip 1.3.6 (2006-11-20)

* Fix some race conditions in setting file time stamps, permissions, and owner.
* Fix some race conditions in signal handling.
* When gzip exits due to a signal, it exits with the signal's status, not 1.
* gzip now restores file time stamps to the resolution supported by the
  time-setting primitives of the operating system, typically 1 microsecond.
  Formerly it restored them only to the nearest second.
* gzip -r no longer attempts to reset the last-access times of directories
  it reads, as this messes up when other processes are reading the directories.
* The options --version and --help now work on all gzip-installed executables,
  and now use a format similar to other GNU programs.
* The manual is now distributed under the terms of the GNU Free
  Documentation License without invariant sections or cover texts.
* Port to current versions of Autoconf, Automake, and Gnulib.


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