diff --git a/archiver/gzip/gzip-1.3-rsync.patch b/archiver/gzip/gzip-1.3-rsync.patch-disabled
similarity index 98%
rename from archiver/gzip/gzip-1.3-rsync.patch
rename to archiver/gzip/gzip-1.3-rsync.patch-disabled
index c9decc10b..ca958c6a0 100644
--- a/archiver/gzip/gzip-1.3-rsync.patch
+++ b/archiver/gzip/gzip-1.3-rsync.patch-disabled
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-# --- T2-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 # 
-# T2 SDE: package/.../gzip/gzip-1.3-rsync.patch
+# Filename: package/.../gzip/gzip-1.3-rsync.patch-disabled
+# Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # 
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
 # of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
 # Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
 # version.
-# --- T2-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
 Rsync friendly less changing compression - pulled from Fedora Core.
 
diff --git a/archiver/gzip/gzip.conf b/archiver/gzip/gzip.conf
index 88a667382..4cafe0447 100644
--- a/archiver/gzip/gzip.conf
+++ b/archiver/gzip/gzip.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 # 
 # Filename: package/.../gzip/gzip.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 # 
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@
 var_append patchfiles ' ' "`match_source_file -p patch`"
 
 pm_move_to_bin() {
-	# move gzip to /bin and create gunzip/zcat links
-	mv -vf $root/usr/bin/gzip $root/bin/
-	rm -f $root/bin/{gunzip,zcat} $root/usr/bin/{gunzip,zcat}
-	ln $root/bin/gzip $root/bin/gunzip
-	ln $root/bin/gzip $root/bin/zcat
+	# move gzip, gunzip and zcat to /bin
+	rm -f $root/bin/{gzip,gunzip,zcat}
+	mv -vf $root/usr/bin/{gzip,gunzip,zcat} $root/bin/
 
 	# correct the path used in the gzexe script
 	sed -i 's,"/usr/bin"/gzip,"/bin"/gzip,g' $root/usr/bin/gzexe
diff --git a/archiver/gzip/gzip.desc b/archiver/gzip/gzip.desc
index 009c4117c..16acd43bc 100644
--- a/archiver/gzip/gzip.desc
+++ b/archiver/gzip/gzip.desc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY] 
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../gzip/gzip.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 [COPY] 
@@ -27,16 +27,14 @@
 [T] designed to accommodate several compression algorithms.
 
 [A] Jean-loup Gailly <jloup@chorus.fr>
-[M] The OpenSDE Community <list@opensde.org>
+[M] Alejandro Mery <amery@opensde.org>
 
 [C] base/tool
 [F] DIETLIBC
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.3.5
+[V] 1.3.11
 [P] X -1---5---9 102.040
 
-[D] 4282551372 gzip-1.3.5.tar.gz ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/
-
-[D] 2618511932 gzip-1.3.5-security_fixes-1.patch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/downloads/gzip/
+[D] 1280351601 gzip-1.3.11.tar.gz ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/