diff -ru nethack-3.4.0.orig/include/config.h nethack-3.4.0/include/config.h

--- include/config.h	2002-03-21 00:42:43.000000000 +0100

+++ include/config.h	2003-02-27 15:38:23.000000000 +0100

@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@

 #ifdef UNIX

 /* path and file name extension for compression program */

-#define COMPRESS "/usr/bin/compress"	/* Lempel-Ziv compression */

-#define COMPRESS_EXTENSION ".Z"		/* compress's extension */

+/* #define COMPRESS "/usr/bin/compress" */	/* Lempel-Ziv compression */

+/* #define COMPRESS_EXTENSION ".Z" */		/* compress's extension */

 /* An example of one alternative you might want to use: */

-/* #define COMPRESS "/usr/local/bin/gzip" */	/* FSF gzip compression */

-/* #define COMPRESS_EXTENSION ".gz" */		/* normal gzip extension */

+#define COMPRESS "/bin/gzip"			/* FSF gzip compression */

+#define COMPRESS_EXTENSION ".gz"		/* normal gzip extension */

 #endif

 #ifndef COMPRESS