On 2009-12-27 02:55 +0100, John Martin wrote: > Package: emacs23 > Version: 23.1+1-5 > Severity: normal > > Attempting to visit a gzipped file fails with something like the > following in a window "*jka-compr-error*". > > ,---- > Error while executing "gzip -c -q -d < > /usr/share/doc/debian-reference-common/html/debian-reference.en.txt.gz" > > gzip: invalid option -- 'q' > BusyBox v1.14.2 (Debian 1:1.14.2-2) multi-call binary
Why did you install busybox as gzip? This is asking for trouble, because it does not support all options (e.g. -q) of GNU gzip. If this is really what you want, you will have to customize the jka-compr-compression-info-list variable, I'm afraid. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org