diff -up man-1.6f/src/man.conf.in.posixxx man-1.6f/src/man.conf.in
--- man-1.6f/src/man.conf.in.posixxx	2007-08-21 06:15:21.000000000 +0200
+++ man-1.6f/src/man.conf.in	2008-09-01 17:06:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ COMPRESS_EXT	@compress_ext@
 # Default manual sections (and order) to search if -S is not specified
 # and the MANSECT environment variable is not set.
 #
-MANSECT		@sections@
+MANSECT		1:1p:8:2:3:3p:4:5:6:7:9:0p:tcl:n:l:p:o
 #
 # Default options to use when man is invoked without options
 # This is mainly for the benefit of those that think -a should be the default
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ MANSECT		@sections@
 # Decompress with given decompressor when input file has given extension
 # The command given must act as a filter.
 #
-.gz		@gunzip@
+.gz		/usr/bin/gunzip -c
 .bz2		@bzip2@
 .lzma		@unlzma@
 .z		@pcat@