diff -upk.orig gzip-1.3.5.orig/gzip.c gzip-1.3.5/gzip.c

--- gzip-1.3.5.orig/gzip.c	2005-05-19 16:39:33 +0000

+++ gzip-1.3.5/gzip.c	2005-05-19 16:51:00 +0000

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ static char rcsid[] = "$Id: gzip.c,v 0.2

 #include <signal.h>

 #include <sys/stat.h>

 #include <errno.h>

+#include <string.h>

 #include "tailor.h"

 #include "gzip.h"

@@ -1318,7 +1319,7 @@ local int get_method(in)

 	    } else {

 		/* Copy the base name. Keep a directory prefix intact. */

                 char *p = base_name (ofname);

-                char *base = p;

+                char *base = p, *base2;

 		for (;;) {

 		    *p = (char)get_char();

 		    if (*p++ == '\0') break;

@@ -1326,7 +1327,9 @@ local int get_method(in)

 			error("corrupted input -- file name too large");

 		    }

 		}

-                /* If necessary, adapt the name to local OS conventions: */

+		base2 = base_name (base);

+		memmove (base, base2, strlen (base2) + 1);

+		/* If necessary, adapt the name to local OS conventions: */

                 if (!list) {

                    MAKE_LEGAL_NAME(base);

 		   if (base) list=0; /* avoid warning about unused variable */