Package: gzip
Version: 1.3.5-10
Followup-For: Bug #310329

Michal Cihar wrote:
> Attached is possible patch for this. Probably there is more effective way
> to solve this issue, but I can't find it right now.

> Patch also removes useless execution of several tests in one condition.

I just tested MC's patch, it seems to work on my system.  

Before patch:

    % zgrep the /usr/share/man/man1/zgrep.1.gz ; echo $?
    /bin/zgrep: 103: Syntax error: Bad substitution
    2

After patch:

    % zgrep the /usr/share/man/man1/zgrep.1.gz ; echo $?
    is used to invoke the
    If no file is specified, then the standard input is decompressed
    Otherwise the given files are uncompressed if necessary and fed to
    then
    If the GREP environment variable is set,
    uses it as the
    0

Double check with 'zcat' and 'grep', and the output looks the same:

    % zcat /usr/share/man/man1/zgrep.1.gz | grep the
    is used to invoke the
    If no file is specified, then the standard input is decompressed
    Otherwise the given files are uncompressed if necessary and fed to
    then
    If the GREP environment variable is set,
    uses it as the


HTH...

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)

Versions of packages gzip depends on:
ii  debianutils                 2.13.2       Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

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