You can't just replace compress with gzip for X because there are two places in the X tree where uncompression is done in-line (server code and font code.) I'm almost finished with some patches to use "zlib" directly instead, which will eliminate the last place debian has any need for the compress algorithm :-)
_Mark_ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Herd of Kittens ps. Yes, I suggested months ago that this would be "trivial" -- which is why I'm finally getting around to doing it :-)