diff -aur nethack-3.4.3.orig/include/config.h nethack-3.4.3/include/config.h
--- nethack-3.4.3.orig/include/config.h	2003-12-08 00:39:13.000000000 +0100
+++ nethack-3.4.3/include/config.h	2005-03-11 18:41:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -169,11 +169,11 @@
 
 #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