gzip --help might go to stderr

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5643d5c5f000a23e99566eca6bf1627774dd9ba7..ad58c9c6eb8fb5ab921bbffb6790d6ac2d894122 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-08-12  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
+
+       * Makefile.maint (GZIP_ENV): When checking the help text of gzip,
+         add "2>&1"; gzip 1.2.4 prints help on stderr.
+
 2005-07-27  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 
        * lib/autotest/general.m4 (_AT_DECIDE_TRACEABLE): The symbol at_reason

diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index 8656fbbad6a11491414b80dc9e42ea0ca6889e51..b4916afe83ec0b12f0f2a2e80e0d37c9e65bbde2 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ME := Makefile.maint
 # Use --rsyncable if available.
 GZIP_ENV = \
   "--no-name --best$$( \
-    case $$(gzip --help) in \
+    case $$(gzip --help 2>&1) in \
     (*--rsyncable*) echo ' --rsyncable';; \
     esac \
   )"