May be useful to sync xz-utils 4.999.9beta+20100713-1 (main) from Debian sid (main)

[Thorsten Glaser]

Binary package hint: xz-utils

Hi Jonathan,

I just saw (while requesting a sync for mksh) that Debian Import Freeze is in effect.
You might want to turn this into an actual sync request if you want the new version
into maverick (it might very well be worth it but that’s up to you to decide). I’m put-
ting all the information needed in here already, so it ought to be enough to just
change the title and subscribe the sponsors.

Changes since 4.999.9beta+20100527-1 (currently in maverick/main):

xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100713-1) unstable; urgency=low
   [ Thorsten Glaser ]
   * Explicitly depend on autoconf (>= 2.64~) due to AC_PREREQ,
     discovered during backporting.

   [ Jonathan Nieder ]
   * Upload to unstable.
   * New upstream snapshot, taken from upstream commit a540198f.
     - xz: The new --no-adjust option can be used to error out if there
       is insufficient memory for the chosen compression level.
   * liblzma-dev: Install examples to /usr/share/doc/liblzma-dev.
   * Update copyright file.

   * Drop unpack-time conflicts in favor of configuration-time
     conflicts (Replaces + Breaks):
      - xz-utils: against old xz-lzma (for lzmainfo).
      - xzdec: against old xz-lzma (for lzmadec).
      - xz-lzma: against lzip 1.7 (for lzdiff and lzgrep).
   * Standards-Version: 3.9.0.

   * debian/autogen.sh: Don’t regenerate upstream changelog when it is
     not out of date.
   * debian/rules get-orig-source: Use gzip --no-name --rsyncable.

 -- Jonathan Nieder <email address hidden> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:53:37 -0500
xz-utils (4.999.9beta+20100602-1) experimental; urgency=low
   * New upstream snapshot, taken from upstream commit d8b41eed.
     - The output from "xz -v --list" and "xz -v -v --list" has been
       improved.
       "xz -v -v --list" can be used to obtain an estimate for the memory
       required to decompress a file.
     - The xz manual page has some new material, including examples.
       Closes: #578465.
     - liblzma: The lzma_block_compressed_size() function no longer
       returns LZMA_DATA_ERROR for valid Blocks.
   * debian/symbols: Bump minimal version for lzma_block_compressed_size.
   * Correct the 4.999.9beta+20100307-1 changelog entry to describe
     which public functions were affected.

   * Add new xz-lzma package to allow xz to provide lzma and related
     commands. Conflicts: and Provides: lzma.
   * xz-utils: Suggests: xz-lzma.
   * xz-utils/README.Debian: Take xz-lzma into account.

 -- Jonathan Nieder <email address hidden> Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:53:58 -0500

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

cleaning up old bug reports.

Oldest version of xz-utils in Ubuntu now is 5.1.1alpha+20110809-3 in precise.