This patch is needed to allow builds with newer versions of the GNU libc (2.16+). This is a backport of this patch: commit 66712c23388e93e5c518ebc8515140fa0c807348 Author: Eric Blake Date: Thu Mar 29 13:30:41 2012 -0600 stdio: don't assume gets any more --- gzip/lib/stdio.in.h 2012-07-02 14:28:45.000000000 +0200 +++ gzip/lib/stdio.in.h 2012-07-02 14:28:50.000000000 +0200 @@ -160,12 +160,6 @@ _GL_WARN_ON_USE (fflush, "fflush is not "use gnulib module fflush for portable POSIX compliance"); #endif -/* It is very rare that the developer ever has full control of stdin, - so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning. Assume it is - always declared, since it is required by C89. */ -#undef gets -_GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead"); - #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@ # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@ # if !(defined __cplusplus && defined GNULIB_NAMESPACE)