Re: Zutils vs single compressor utilities

[Paul Eggert]

On 01/16/2011 08:47 AM, Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote:

> But how can zutils' "make install" know that the zcat it is about to rename 
> is from gzip instead of from a previous install of zutils?

zcat --version, surely.

> Moreover, I don't think distros would like a package that renames files from 
> other packages.

Yes, quite possibly that's true.  But I don't see any other solution for
gzip 1.4 and earlier, and this is a problem that needs to be addressed
if you want to usurp the commands it installs.