Hi Jim, thanks for the report.

On 01/21/2012 10:17 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> On master a few days ago I noticed new test failures on a
> Fedora 16 system, due to the unprotected use of compress.
> 
> In tests/dist-formats.tap, I read this:
> 
>     # Assume gzip(1) and compress(1) are available on every reasonable
>     # portability target.
> 
> Of course, I could install it with a simple "yum install ncompress",
> but the point is that compress is not installed by default.
> That tool is becoming anachronistic.
> 
The attached patch should fix it.  I will push it by this evening if
there is no objection (and if you have time to give it a try, that would
be great).

Thanks,
  Stefano