+debhelper (1.2.53) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * dh_compress: leave .taz and .tgz files alone. Previously trying to
+ compress such files caused gzip to fail and the whole command to fail.
+ Probably fixes #35677. Actually, it now skips files with a whole
+ range of odd suffixes that gzip refuses to compress, including "_z" and
+ "-gz".
+ * dh_compress.1: updated docs to reflect this, and to give the new
+ suggested starting point if you want to write your own debian/compress
+ file.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org> Wed, 7 Apr 1999 02:20:14 -0700
+