Re: problem in Makefile.maint

[Paul Eggert]

Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> writes:

> (Remember, the problem appears with the latest release from
> ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/!)

But no maintainer should be using gzip 1.2.4 any more.  It has serious
correctness and security bugs.  Perhaps we can think of the current
build-time warning as a reminder that maintainers should upgrade.

I don't know of any software distribution that still ships gzip 1.2.4.
Fedora Core 3 and Solaris 10 ship 1.3.3.  Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 ships
gzip 1.3.5.

It is a real problem that the gzip maintainer hasn't issued a new
official release for a dozen years, but that's a different matter.  In
the mean time, maintainers should use an up-to-date version, even if
it's not "official".