diff -ruN diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/lib/buffer.c diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/lib/buffer.c
--- diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/lib/buffer.c	2009-02-15 06:42:12.000000000 +0100
+++ diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/lib/buffer.c	2015-07-06 18:03:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 Prototype int bunget(Buffer *b, int n);
 Prototype int bextfree(Buffer *b);
 #ifdef USE_ZLIB
-Prototype void bsetcompress(Buffer *b, gzFile *cfile);
+Prototype void bsetcompress(Buffer *b, gzFile cfile);
 Prototype int bzwrote(Buffer *b);
 #endif
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 #ifdef USE_ZLIB
 
 void
-bsetcompress(Buffer *b, gzFile *cfile)
+bsetcompress(Buffer *b, gzFile cfile)
 {
     b->bu_gzFile = cfile;
 }
diff -ruN diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/lib/config.h diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/lib/config.h
--- diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/lib/config.h	2008-08-05 02:19:59.000000000 +0200
+++ diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/lib/config.h	2015-07-06 18:03:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -537,5 +537,5 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef USE_ZLIB
-#define	gzFile	int
+#define	gzFile	void *
 #endif
diff -ruN diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/lib/defs.h diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/lib/defs.h
--- diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/lib/defs.h	2014-04-14 00:37:17.000000000 +0200
+++ diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/lib/defs.h	2015-07-06 18:04:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@
     int			bu_DataMax;	/* extended maximum	*/
     int			bu_Fd;
 #ifdef USE_ZLIB
-    gzFile		*bu_gzFile;
+    gzFile		bu_gzFile;
     int			bu_gzWrote;
     CompressBuffer	*bu_CBuf;
 #else
diff -ruN diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/util/dcancel.c diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/util/dcancel.c
--- diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/util/dcancel.c	2014-04-14 00:21:02.000000000 +0200
+++ diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/util/dcancel.c	2015-07-06 18:04:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
 	static char *base = NULL;
 	static off_t baseLen = 0;
 
-	gzFile *gzf;
+	gzFile gzf;
 	SpoolArtHdr tah = { 0 };
 	char *p;
 
diff -ruN diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/util/diablo.c diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/util/diablo.c
--- diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/util/diablo.c	2015-06-16 13:42:14.000000000 +0200
+++ diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/util/diablo.c	2015-07-06 18:05:17.000000000 +0200
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 int SendArticle(const char *data, int fsize, FILE *fo, int doHead, int doBody);
 void ArticleFileInit(void);
 #ifdef USE_ZLIB
-int ArticleFile(History *h, off_t *pbpos, int clvl, gzFile **cfile);
+int ArticleFile(History *h, off_t *pbpos, int clvl, gzFile *cfile);
 #else
 int ArticleFile(History *h, off_t *pbpos, int clvl, char **cfile);
 #endif
@@ -3380,7 +3380,7 @@
 	    h.gmt = SpoolDirTime();
 	    if (spool <= 100) {
 #ifdef USE_ZLIB
-		gzFile *cfile = NULL;
+		gzFile cfile = NULL;
 #else
 		char *cfile = NULL;
 #endif
@@ -4477,7 +4477,7 @@
 
 int
 #ifdef USE_ZLIB
-ArticleFile(History *h, off_t *pbpos, int clvl, gzFile **cfile)
+ArticleFile(History *h, off_t *pbpos, int clvl, gzFile *cfile)
 #else
 ArticleFile(History *h, off_t *pbpos, int clvl, char **cfile)
 #endif
@@ -4732,7 +4732,7 @@
 
     if (*compressedFormat) {
 #ifdef USE_ZLIB
-	gzFile *gzf;
+	gzFile gzf;
 	char *p;
 
 	if ((uint8)tah.Magic1 != STORE_MAGIC1 &&
diff -ruN diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/util/diloadfromspool.c diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/util/diloadfromspool.c
--- diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/util/diloadfromspool.c	2014-04-14 00:21:02.000000000 +0200
+++ diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/util/diloadfromspool.c	2015-07-06 18:05:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
 	arthdrlen = ah.ArtHdrLen;
 	if (ah.StoreType & STORETYPE_GZIP) {
 #ifdef USE_ZLIB
-	    gzFile *gzf;
+	    gzFile gzf;
 	    long len = ah.ArtLen;
 
 	    artbase = (char *)malloc(ah.ArtLen + 2);
diff -ruN diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/util/dnewslink.c diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/util/dnewslink.c
--- diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/util/dnewslink.c	2014-04-14 00:21:02.000000000 +0200
+++ diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/util/dnewslink.c	2015-07-06 18:05:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -3327,7 +3327,7 @@
 	if (cSize > 0) {
 #ifdef USE_ZLIB
 	    char *p;
-	    gzFile *gzf;
+	    gzFile gzf;
 	    SpoolArtHdr tah = { 0 };
 
 	    lseek(mc->mc_Fd, off, 0);
diff -ruN diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/util/dreadart.c diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/util/dreadart.c
--- diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work/util/dreadart.c	2014-04-14 00:21:02.000000000 +0200
+++ diablo-6-CUR-20140422-00-work3/util/dreadart.c	2015-07-06 18:05:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 {
     if (SpoolCompressed(H_SPOOL(h->exp))) {
 #ifdef USE_ZLIB
-	gzFile *gzf;
+	gzFile gzf;
 	SpoolArtHdr tah = { 0 };
 	char *p;