--- scripts/brp-compress.orig	2022-12-02 13:18:54.498881077 +0000
+++ scripts/brp-compress	2022-12-02 13:20:00.038727777 +0000
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ do
     while IFS= read -r -d '' f; do
 		[ -f "$f" ] || continue
 
+    case $(file "$f") in *"image data"*) continue;; esac
+
     case "$f" in
      *.gz|*.Z)    gunzip  -f "$f" || check_for_hard_link $d "$f"; b=`echo "$f" | sed -e 's/\.\(gz\|Z\)$//'`;;
      *.bz2)       bunzip2 -f "$f" || check_for_hard_link $d "$f"; b=`echo "$f" | sed -e 's/\.bz2$//'`;;