diff --git a/build-compare.changes b/build-compare.changes
index 93e0647..584b105 100644
--- a/build-compare.changes
+++ b/build-compare.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Feb  8 21:48:27 CET 2009 - coolo@suse.de
+
+- fix handling of hardlinks to compressed files
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Feb  7 21:05:30 CET 2009 - coolo@suse.de
 
diff --git a/build-compare.spec b/build-compare.spec
index c571fcc..e696f61 100644
--- a/build-compare.spec
+++ b/build-compare.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Summary:        Build Result Compare Script
 Version:        2009.01.27
-Release:        6
+Release:        7
 Source:         same-build-result.sh
 Source1:        rpm-check.sh
 Source2:        COPYING
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ install -m 0644 %SOURCE2 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%_defaultdocdir/%name/
 /usr/lib/build
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Feb 08 2009 coolo@suse.de
+- fix handling of hardlinks to compressed files
 * Sat Feb 07 2009 coolo@suse.de
 - fix handling of -32bit and -64bit
 * Sat Feb 07 2009 coolo@suse.de
diff --git a/rpm-check.sh b/rpm-check.sh
index 8ea4fb8..6b43444 100644
--- a/rpm-check.sh
+++ b/rpm-check.sh
@@ -175,11 +175,13 @@ check_single_file()
         perl -E "open fh, '+<', 'new/$file'; seek fh, 3, SEEK_SET; print fh '0000';"
         ;;
      *.bz2)
-        bunzip2 old/$file new/$file
+        bunzip2 -c old/$file > old/${file/.bz2/}
+        bunzip2 -c new/$file > new/${file/.bz2/}
         check_single_file ${file/.bz2/}
         continue;;
      *.gz)
-        gunzip old/$file new/$file
+        gunzip -c old/$file > old/${file/.gz/}
+        gunzip -c new/$file > new/${file/.gz/}
         check_single_file ${file/.gz/}
         continue;;
   esac