diff -urNad dpatch.orig/dpatch-2.0.35/debian/rules dpatch/dpatch-2.0.35/debian/rules
--- dpatch.orig/dpatch-2.0.35/debian/rules	2015-02-03 12:29:31.338453886 +0000
+++ dpatch/dpatch-2.0.35/debian/rules	2015-02-03 12:31:08.423002368 +0000
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 # General compresser rule
 ${DOCDIR}/%.gz: docs/%
-	gzip -9fc $< >$@
+	gzip -9fcn $< >$@
 
 # Install directories
 installdirs:
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@
 	install -m0644 debian/dh_dpatch_unpatch.1 ${MAN1DIR}
 	install -m0755 debhelper/dh_dpatch_* ${DPATCH}/usr/bin/
 # Compress stuff
-	find ${MAN1DIR} -type f -not -name '*.gz' | xargs gzip -9f
-	find ${MAN7DIR} -type f -not -name '*.gz' | xargs gzip -9f
-	find ${EXDIR} -type f -not -name '*.gz' | xargs gzip -9f
+	find ${MAN1DIR} -type f -not -name '*.gz' | xargs gzip -9fn
+	find ${MAN7DIR} -type f -not -name '*.gz' | xargs gzip -9fn
+	find ${EXDIR} -type f -not -name '*.gz' | xargs gzip -9fn
 	find ${DOCDIR}/history -type d -name '.arch-ids' | xargs rm -rf
-	find ${DOCDIR}/history -type f -not -name '*.gz' | xargs gzip -9f
+	find ${DOCDIR}/history -type f -not -name '*.gz' | xargs gzip -9fn
 
 # Install the whole thing, including DEBIAN/ and stuff from debian/
 binary-dpatch: testroot install
-	gzip -9fc debian/NEWS >${DOCDIR}/NEWS.Debian.gz
-	gzip -9fc debian/changelog >${DOCDIR}/changelog.gz
+	gzip -9fcn debian/NEWS >${DOCDIR}/NEWS.Debian.gz
+	gzip -9fcn debian/changelog >${DOCDIR}/changelog.gz
 	install -m 0644 debian/copyright ${DOCDIR}/copyright
 	cd ${DPATCH} >/dev/null ;\
 	  find etc -type f -printf "/%p\n" >DEBIAN/conffiles