debian/changelog

-mc (3:4.8.19-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+mc (3:4.8.19-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * new upstream release
     + Closes: #866019
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ mc (3:4.8.19-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Fix some spelling errors in manpage.
   * Bump standard version to 4.0.0
   * Use secure URI for upstream web site.
+  * fix error message when you gzip or bzip files from user menu.
+    Thanks to Yuriy M. Kaminskiy (Closes:  #863984).
 
- -- Denis Briand <debian@denis-briand.fr>  Thu, 29 Jun 2017 21:35:59 +0200
+ -- Denis Briand <debian@denis-briand.fr>  Fri, 04 Aug 2017 23:03:29 +0200
 
 mc (3:4.8.18-1) unstable; urgency=low
 

debian/patches/863984.diff

+Author: Yuriy M. Kaminskiy <yumkam+debian@gmail.com>
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/863984
+Forwarded: https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/3840
+Reviewed-by: Denis Briand <debian@denis-briand.fr>
+Description: fix error message when you gzip or bzip files from user menu
+
+--- a/misc/mc.menu.in
++++ b/misc/mc.menu.in
+@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ y       Gzip or gunzip current file
+         case %f in
+             *.gz|*.[zZ]) DECOMP=-d;;
+         esac
+-        gzip "$DECOMP" -v %f
++        # do *not* add quotes around $DECOMP!
++        gzip $DECOMP -v %f
+ 
+ + t t
+ Y       Gzip or gunzip tagged files
+@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ Y       Gzip or gunzip tagged files
+             case "$i" in
+                 *.gz|*.[zZ]) DECOMP=-d;;
+             esac
+-            gzip "$DECOMP" -v "$i"
++            gzip $DECOMP -v "$i"
+         done
+ 
+ + ! t t
+@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ b       Bzip2 or bunzip2 current file
+         case %f in
+             *.bz2) DECOMP=-d;;
+         esac
+-        bzip2 "$DECOMP" -v %f
++        bzip2 $DECOMP -v %f
+ 
+ + t t
+ B       Bzip2 or bunzip2 tagged files
+@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@ B       Bzip2 or bunzip2 tagged files
+             case "$i" in
+                 *.bz2) DECOMP=-d;;
+             esac
+-            bzip2 "$DECOMP" -v "$i"
++            bzip2 $DECOMP -v "$i"
+         done
+ 
+ + f \.tar.gz$ | f \.tgz$ | f \.tpz$ | f \.tar.Z$ | f \.tar.z$ | f \.tar.bz2$ | f \.tar.F$ & t r & ! t t
+
+

debian/patches/series

 ## UPSTREAM / FORWARDED:
+863984.diff
 spelling-error-in-manpage.diff
 
 ## DEBIAN FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS: