On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Robert wrote:
> There is indeed system-wide config /etc/analog.cfg with line
>
> UNCOMPRESS *.gz,*.Z "gzip -cd"
>
> After changing that to /bin/gzip, it started to work. Thanks for your
> help.
>
> But I would expect my local config overwrites system-wide config - isn't
> this compress problem something like a bug?
>
Your expectation is wrong. The local configuration adds to the system
configuration. That is only overriding it if you can only apply one of a
command. In the case of the UNCOMPRESS command, you can have several of
them, so they are all checked.
--
Stephen Turner http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~sret1/
Statistical Laboratory, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WB, England
"The new operating system will recover more easily from system crashes."
(Microsoft, aiming high with Windows Millennium)
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