Mail Archives: djgpp-announce/2015/07/11/13:41:47
This is a port of bzip2 1.0.6 to MSDOS/DJGPP.
bzip2 is a compressor/decompressor program with generally considerably better
compression rate than that achieved by more conventional LZ77/LZ78-based
compressors.
The command-line options are deliberately very similar to those of GNU gzip,
but they are not identical.
DJGPP specific changes.
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- There are no user visible DJGPP specific changes compared with the previous
version. If you are familiar with the previous version 1.0.6, you will be
familiar with this one.
- This is the first port that has been compiled using djdev205. Starting
with this port version I will no longer support neither djdev204 nor djdev203.
- The port has been tested by using it. I have used them only on WinXP.
It has worked flawlessly. I do not konw if this will ever be the case on
FreeDOS. I have never used/tested them in that environment.
- The port has been configured and compiled on WinXP SP3. There is no
guarantee that this may be possible with any other DOS-like OS. Due
to the massive use of long file names it will not be possible to configure
and compile without LFN support. The port has been compiled using gcc510
and bnu225br2.
Here is a verbatim extract of the CHANGES file:
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1.0.6 (6 Sept 10)
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* Security fix for CVE-2010-0405. This was reported by Mikolaj
Izdebski.
* Make the documentation build on Ubuntu 10.04
1.0.5 (10 Dec 07)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Security fix only. Fixes CERT-FI 20469 as it applies to bzip2.
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For futher information about bzip2 please read the man pages. The man pages
are the only ones that contain DJGPP specific information because they are
the only one that can be remade with existing DJGPP tools. The author no
longer uses the texinfo format; he has switched to xml and it is not
possible to recreate pdf, ps and html formated documentation from the
distributed xml file. Neitherless the original pdf, ps and html formated
documentattion is supplied in the bz2-106dr2.zip archive.
To run the scripts bzmore, bzdiff and bzgrep you will have to install the
following DJGPP ports: difNNNb.zip, grepNNNb.zip and mktmpNNb.zip
The port consists of the usual four packages that have been compiled
using stock djdev203 and that can be downloaded from ftp.delorie.com
and mirrors as (time stamp 2015-07-10):
Bzip2 1.0.6 binaries, script and man formated documentation:
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2apps/bz2-106br2.zip
Bzip2 1.0.6 header and library:
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2apps/bz2-106ar2.zip
Bzip2 1.0.6 html, ps and pdf formated documentation:
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2apps/bz2-106dr2.zip
Bzip2 1.0.6 source:
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2apps/bz2-106sr2.zip
Send bzip2 specific bug reports to <jseward AT bzip DOT org>.
Send suggestions and bug reports concerning the DJGPP port to
comp.os.msdos.djgpp or <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>.
Enjoy.
Guerrero, Juan Manuel <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>
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