# os.system ('tar xzf ' + fn)
# sys.stderr.write('\n')
# ugh, even this does not work, but one error message less :-)
- os.system ('gzip -dc ' + fn + '| tar xf - ')
+ os.system ('gzip --quiet -dc ' + fn + '| tar xf - ')
# so print soothing message:
sys.stderr.write('make-patch:ugh: Please ignore error: gzip: stdout: Broken pipe\n');
sys.stderr.flush()