Source: gzip Source-Version: 1.3.5-4 Severity: wishlist Hi!
The gzip program supports a Debian-specific --rsyncable option. Very unfortunately that option was never upstreamed, and things in Debian started depending on this option even though it is Debian-specific. This is one of the portability issues dpkg is facing when used on non-Debian based systems, which implies it needs to be patched there or they need to patch their gzip implementation if possible. It has crossed my mind several times already to just remove the option usage from dpkg, because I'd rather not used Debian-specific options like these, but that would create some uproar I fear… Thanks, Guillem
