* methods/gzip.cc:

  - just stop on empty files, don't call the extractor
* debian/changelog:
  - merged the last debian upload
  - added entry for extractor

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/methods/gzip.cc b/methods/gzip.cc
index 55ff33270..a8e816bf3 100644
--- a/methods/gzip.cc
+++ b/methods/gzip.cc
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ bool GzipMethod::Fetch(FetchItem *Itm)
    // Open the source and destination files
    FileFd From(Path,FileFd::ReadOnly);
 
+   // if the file is empty, just rename it and return
+   if(From.Size() == 0) 
+   {
+      Rename(Path, Itm->DestFile);
+      return true;
+   }
+
    int GzOut[2];   
    if (pipe(GzOut) < 0)
       return _error->Errno("pipe",_("Couldn't open pipe for %s"),Prog);