--- /dev/null
+--- lynx2-8-5/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTFile.c.orig Sun Jun 30 23:38:06 2002
++++ lynx2-8-5/WWW/Library/Implementation/HTFile.c Sun Jun 30 23:46:16 2002
+@@ -2495,9 +2495,18 @@
+ */
+ if (HTStat(localname,&dir_info) == -1) /* get file information */
+ {
+- /* if can't read file information */
++
++ char *tmp_localname = (char *)malloc(strlen(localname) + 4);
+ CTRACE((tfp, "HTLoadFile: can't stat %s\n", localname));
+
++ if (tmp_localname) {
++ stpcpy( stpcpy( tmp_localname, localname), ".gz" );
++ FREE(localname);
++ localname = tmp_localname;
++ }
++ /* if can't read file information */
++
++
+ } else { /* Stat was OK */
+
+ if (S_ISDIR(dir_info.st_mode)) {