Index: bin/ecompressdir
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--- bin/ecompressdir	(revision 6666)
+++ bin/ecompressdir	(working copy)
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
 	dir=. # use relative path to avoid 'Argument list too long' errors
 
 	# not uncommon for packages to compress doc files themselves
-	funk_up_dir "decompress" ".Z" "gunzip"
-	funk_up_dir "decompress" ".gz" "gunzip"
-	funk_up_dir "decompress" ".bz2" "bunzip2"
+	funk_up_dir "decompress" ".Z" "gunzip -f"
+	funk_up_dir "decompress" ".gz" "gunzip -f"
+	funk_up_dir "decompress" ".bz2" "bunzip2 -f"
 
 	# forcibly break all hard links as some compressors whine about it
 	find "${dir}" -type f -links +1 -exec env file="{}" sh -c \