prefer gzip over uncompress, because uncompress gets stuck sometimes.

Idea from damien clark.

diff --git a/src/compress.c b/src/compress.c
index 31208ea6e9f3df289a0440a9fafa1f0ba7252c30..e84d62d27495819d4b05e53bf58d65531e6e9760 100644 (file)
--- a/src/compress.c
+++ b/src/compress.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #endif
 #ifndef lint
-FILE_RCSID("@(#)$Id: compress.c,v 1.18 2001/03/17 20:03:26 christos Exp $")
+FILE_RCSID("@(#)$Id: compress.c,v 1.19 2001/03/20 04:22:02 christos Exp $")
 #endif
 
 
@@ -26,11 +26,10 @@ static struct {
        const char *const argv[3];
        int      silent;
 } compr[] = {
-#if 0
-       /* We don't use uncompress anymore because it gets stuck */
-       { "\037\235", 2, { "uncompress", "-c", NULL }, 1 },     /* compressed */
-#endif
        { "\037\235", 2, { "gzip", "-cdq", NULL }, 1 },         /* compressed */
+       /* Uncompress can get stuck; so use gzip first if we have it
+        * Idea from Damien Clark, thanks! */
+       { "\037\235", 2, { "uncompress", "-c", NULL }, 1 },     /* compressed */
        { "\037\213", 2, { "gzip", "-cdq", NULL }, 1 },         /* gzipped */
        { "\037\236", 2, { "gzip", "-cdq", NULL }, 1 },         /* frozen */
        { "\037\240", 2, { "gzip", "-cdq", NULL }, 1 },         /* SCO LZH */