--- gzip-1.3.12/znew.in.owl-tmp	2007-06-04 09:15:11.000000000 +0200

+++ gzip-1.3.12/znew.in	2007-06-04 09:23:18.000000000 +0200

@@ -55,28 +55,27 @@

 # block is the disk block size (best guess, need not be exact)

 warn="(does not preserve modes and timestamp)"

-tmp=${TMPDIR-/tmp}/zfoo.$$

-set -C

-echo hi > $tmp || exit

-if test -z "`(${CPMOD-cpmod} $tmp $tmp) 2>&1`"; then

-  cpmod=${CPMOD-cpmod}

+cpmod= 

+cpmodarg= 

+if type ${CPMOD:-cpmod} 2>/dev/null; then 

+  cpmod=${CPMOD:-cpmod} 

   warn=""

 fi

-if test -z "$cpmod" && ${TOUCH-touch} -r $tmp $tmp 2>/dev/null; then

-  cpmod="${TOUCH-touch}"

+if test -z "$cpmod"; then 

+  cpmod=touch 

   cpmodarg="-r"

   warn="(does not preserve file modes)"

 fi

-# check if GZIP env. variable uses -S or --suffix

-gzip -q $tmp

-ext=`echo $tmp* | sed "s|$tmp||"`

-rm -f $tmp*

-if test -z "$ext"; then

-  echo znew: error determining gzip extension

-  exit 1

-fi

+case "$GZIP" in                                                                  

+  *-S*) ext=`echo "$GZIP" | sed 's/^.*-S[[:space:]]*\([^[:space:]]*\).*$/\1/'`   

+       ;;                                                                        

+  *-suffix*) ext=`echo "$GZIP" | sed 's/^.*--suffix=\([^[:space:]]*\).*$/\1/'`   

+       ;;                                                                        

+  *) ext='.gz'                                                                   

+       ;;                                                                        

+esac  

 if test "$ext" = ".Z"; then

   echo znew: cannot use .Z as gzip extension.

   exit 1