gzip security update

[jdow]

From: "Kevin J. Cummings" <cummings at kjchome.homeip.net>

> jdow wrote:
>> Does anybody other than me think it is a little peculiar that there
>> was a listed update for gzip today that has an earlier version number
>> than the one from the second?
>> 
>> gzip-1.3.5-7.1.fc5.i386.rpm    October 2
>> gzip-1.3.5-7.fc5.i386.rpm      October 10
>> 
>> Did somebody screw up the version numbering?
>> {^_^}
> 
> No, they changed the "epoch" in the version string so they could release
> a version based on a more stable release (with all the patches they
> needed).  See the announcement on the Fedora Package Announcements list.

That makes no sense at all. It means we have to back out the higher
version gzip and go to a lower version which is a hassle and a half.

Basically the fscked up.
{^_^}