--- texinfo-4.11/util/Makefile.in_old	2007-09-10 02:37:45.000000000 +0200

+++ texinfo-4.11/util/Makefile.in	2007-09-19 10:29:06.000000000 +0200

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@

 PROGRAMS = $(bin_PROGRAMS)

 am_ginstall_info_OBJECTS = install-info.$(OBJEXT)

 ginstall_info_OBJECTS = $(am_ginstall_info_OBJECTS)

-ginstall_info_LDADD = $(LDADD)

+ginstall_info_LDADD = $(LDADD) -lz

 am__DEPENDENCIES_1 =

 ginstall_info_DEPENDENCIES = ../lib/libtxi.a \

 	$(top_builddir)/gnulib/lib/libgnu.a $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1)

--- texinfo-4.11/util/install-info.c_old	2007-07-01 23:20:33.000000000 +0200

+++ texinfo-4.11/util/install-info.c	2007-09-19 10:40:02.000000000 +0200

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@

 #include "system.h"

 #include <getopt.h>

 #include <regex.h>

+#include <zlib.h>

 static char *progname = "install-info";

@@ -559,7 +560,7 @@

    COMPRESSION_PROGRAM.  The compression program is determined by the

    magic number, not the filename.  */

-FILE *

+void *

 open_possibly_compressed_file (char *filename,

     void (*create_callback) (char *),

     char **opened_filename, char **compression_program, int *is_pipe) 

@@ -567,7 +568,7 @@

   char *local_opened_filename, *local_compression_program;

   int nread;

   char data[4];

-  FILE *f;

+  gzFile *f;

   /* We let them pass NULL if they don't want this info, but it's easier

      to always determine it.  */

@@ -575,16 +576,16 @@

     opened_filename = &local_opened_filename;

   *opened_filename = filename;

-  f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);

+  f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);

   if (!f)

     {

       *opened_filename = concat (filename, ".gz", "");

-      f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);

+      f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);

   if (!f)

     {

       free (*opened_filename);

       *opened_filename = concat (filename, ".bz2", "");

-      f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);

+      f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);

     }

 #ifdef __MSDOS__

@@ -592,13 +593,13 @@

         {

           free (*opened_filename);

           *opened_filename = concat (filename, ".igz", "");

-          f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);

+          f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);

         }

       if (!f)

         {

           free (*opened_filename);

           *opened_filename = concat (filename, ".inz", "");

-          f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);

+          f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);

         }

 #endif

       if (!f)

@@ -610,7 +611,7 @@

               /* And try opening it again.  */

               free (*opened_filename);

               *opened_filename = filename;

-              f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);

+              f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);

               if (!f)

                 pfatal_with_name (filename);

             }

@@ -621,12 +622,12 @@

   /* Read first few bytes of file rather than relying on the filename.

      If the file is shorter than this it can't be usable anyway.  */

-  nread = fread (data, sizeof (data), 1, f);

-  if (nread != 1)

+  nread = gzread (f, data, sizeof (data));

+  if (nread != sizeof (data))

     {

       /* Empty files don't set errno, so we get something like

          "install-info: No error for foo", which is confusing.  */

-      if (nread == 0)

+      if (nread >= 0)

         fatal (_("%s: empty file"), *opened_filename, 0);

       pfatal_with_name (*opened_filename);

     }

@@ -659,20 +660,22 @@

   if (*compression_program)

     { /* It's compressed, so fclose the file and then open a pipe.  */

+      FILE *p;

       char *command = concat (*compression_program," -cd <", *opened_filename);

-      if (fclose (f) < 0)

+      if (gzclose (f) < 0)

         pfatal_with_name (*opened_filename);

-      f = popen (command, "r");

-      if (f)

+      p = popen (command, "r");

+      if (p)

         *is_pipe = 1;

       else

         pfatal_with_name (command);

+      return p;

     }

   else

     { /* It's a plain file, seek back over the magic bytes.  */

-      if (fseek (f, 0, 0) < 0)

+      if (gzseek (f, 0, SEEK_SET) < 0)

         pfatal_with_name (*opened_filename);

-#if O_BINARY

+#if 0 && O_BINARY

       /* Since this is a text file, and we opened it in binary mode,

          switch back to text mode.  */

       f = freopen (*opened_filename, "r", f);

@@ -697,7 +700,7 @@

     char **compression_program)

 {

   char *real_name;

-  FILE *f;

+  void *f;

   int pipe_p;

   int filled = 0;

   int data_size = 8192;

@@ -711,7 +714,12 @@

   for (;;)

     {

-      int nread = fread (data + filled, 1, data_size - filled, f);

+      int nread;

+      

+      if (pipe_p)

+       nread = fread (data + filled, 1, data_size - filled, f);

+      else

+       nread = gzread (f, data + filled, data_size - filled);

       if (nread < 0)

         pfatal_with_name (real_name);

       if (nread == 0)

@@ -733,7 +741,7 @@

   if (pipe_p)

     pclose (f);

   else

-    fclose (f);

+    gzclose (f);

   *sizep = filled;

   return data;