Thanks for reporting that. I'll install the following fix (currently
can't do that, since savannah is down).
2007-03-14 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* README (WARNING): Reword to avoid mention of no-longer-existing
section in INSTALL file. Problem reported by Paul Townsend in
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gzip/2007-03/msg00000.html>.
--- README.~1.4.~ 2006-11-20 00:40:33.000000000 -0800
+++ README 2007-03-14 23:56:24.000000000 -0700
@@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ INSTALL for installation instructions. S
asked questions are given in the file INSTALL, please read it. (In
particular, please don't ask me once more for an /etc/magic entry.)
-WARNING: on several systems, compiler bugs cause gzip to fail, in
-particular when optimization options are on. See the section "Special
-targets" at the end of the INSTALL file for a list of known problems.
-For all machines, use "make check" to check that gzip was compiled
+WARNING: gzip is sensitive to compiler bugs, particularly when
+optimizing. Use "make check" to check that gzip was compiled
correctly. Try compiling gzip without any optimization if you have a
problem.
