Vim help file problem

[Wayne Topa <wtopa@dmcom.net>]

Debian 2.3 (woody)
vim 6.0.011-3
vim-rt none available for vim 6.0
  
  When in vim ':help' gives the following errors:

Error detected while processing function GZIP_read:
line    3:
E21: Cannot make changes, 'modifiable' is off
E434: Can't find tag pattern

I have commented out the first 10 lines of .vimrc and the error 
does not change ( whats the 'line    3:' error ?). 

Moving my .vimrc to 1-.vimrc and restarting vim fixes the problem
ie. :help or F1 works.  This is the first time I have ever had to 
change the config file on an upgrade AFAIR.

copying /etc/vim/vimrc to .vimrc also fixes the problem.

checked /usr/share/doc/vim/changelog.gz  and did not find anything
that says the .vimrc file from vim 5.x should be changed.

Have I just missed something or are there others that have seen this
as well?

wayne

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