--- scripts/logwatch.pl.orig	2007-05-20 10:24:20.000000000 +1000
+++ scripts/logwatch.pl	2011-02-01 07:57:04.000000000 +1100
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 $Config{'multiemail'} = 0;
 $Config{'numeric'} = 0;
 $Config{'pathtocat'} = "cat";
-$Config{'pathtozcat'} = "zcat";
+$Config{'pathtozcat'} = "gunzip -c";
 $Config{'pathtobzcat'} = "bzcat";
 $Config{'output'} = "unformatted";
 $Config{'encode'} = 0;