diff -urNad erc.orig/erc-5.3/debian/rules erc/erc-5.3/debian/rules
--- erc.orig/erc-5.3/debian/rules	2015-02-03 16:32:49.337396735 +0000
+++ erc/erc-5.3/debian/rules	2015-02-03 16:36:11.030189763 +0000
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	install -m 0644 debian/scripts/startup.${PACKAGE} \
 		${PKGDIR}/etc/emacs/site-start.d/50${PACKAGE}.el
 ## Compress stuff
-	gzip -9f ${PKGDIR}${DOCDIR}/changelog.Debian \
+	gzip -9fn ${PKGDIR}${DOCDIR}/changelog.Debian \
 		 ${PKGDIR}${DOCDIR}/changelog \
 		 ${PKGDIR}${DOCDIR}/NEWS
 ## Fix permissions