-In message <20020403094739.GA5434@samba.org> you write:
-> On 3 Apr 2002, Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> wrote:
-> > In message <20020403020455.GC18851@samba.org> you write:
-> > > Hi,
-> > >
-> > > I think you said the other day that you had a working --rsyncable
-> > > patch for gzip. Could I have it please?
->
-> Thanks for that. I'll put it in with our contrib patches and probably
-> merge it soon.
->
-> I was actually after the patch to gzip, rather than the fuzzy patch
-> for rsync. I'd like to try it myself and also distribute it along
-> with rsync.
+From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
+
+[NOTE: this patch is for _gzip_! --Wayne]
It's pending for actual gzip inclusion! The maintainer was dug up and
everything: it'll even be on by default.
--
Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
-diff -ur gzip-1.2.4.orig/deflate.c gzip-1.2.4-rsync/deflate.c
--- gzip-1.2.4.orig/deflate.c Fri Aug 13 22:35:31 1993
+++ gzip-1.2.4-rsync/deflate.c Sat Dec 30 15:33:25 2000
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@
strstart++;
lookahead--;
}
-diff -ur gzip-1.2.4.orig/gzip.c gzip-1.2.4-rsync/gzip.c
--- gzip-1.2.4.orig/gzip.c Thu Aug 19 23:39:43 1993
+++ gzip-1.2.4-rsync/gzip.c Fri Dec 29 21:20:54 2000
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@
case 'S':
#ifdef NO_MULTIPLE_DOTS
if (*optarg == '.') optarg++;
-diff -ur gzip-1.2.4.orig/gzip.h gzip-1.2.4-rsync/gzip.h
--- gzip-1.2.4.orig/gzip.h Fri Aug 13 22:35:33 1993
+++ gzip-1.2.4-rsync/gzip.h Sat Dec 30 15:26:56 2000
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
/* in bits.c */
void bi_init OF((file_t zipfile));
-diff -ur gzip-1.2.4.orig/gzip.texi gzip-1.2.4-rsync/gzip.texi
--- gzip-1.2.4.orig/gzip.texi Thu Aug 19 06:42:50 1993
+++ gzip-1.2.4-rsync/gzip.texi Fri Dec 29 21:20:54 2000
@@ -316,6 +316,14 @@
@item --suffix @var{suf}
@itemx -S @var{suf}
Use suffix @samp{@var{suf}} instead of @samp{.gz}. Any suffix can be
-diff -ur gzip-1.2.4.orig/trees.c gzip-1.2.4-rsync/trees.c
--- gzip-1.2.4.orig/trees.c Wed Aug 18 03:36:32 1993
+++ gzip-1.2.4-rsync/trees.c Sat Dec 30 15:37:00 2000
@@ -850,9 +850,10 @@