--- /dev/null
+allow selection of default cache compressor
+
+http://bugs.gentoo.org/205147
+
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -1012,6 +1012,10 @@
+ done
+ done
+
++ if [ x$COMPRESS != x ]; then
++ compress=$COMPRESS
++ fi
++
+ if [ x$default = x ]; then
+ echo ""
+ echo "What program should be used to compress the formatted pages?"