diff -Nru pcf2bdf-orig/pcf2bdf.cc pcf2bdf/pcf2bdf.cc
--- pcf2bdf-orig/pcf2bdf.cc	2006-10-08 21:12:13.000000000 +0200
+++ pcf2bdf/pcf2bdf.cc	2006-10-08 21:12:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
     fclose(ifp);
     char buf[1024];
     sprintf(buf, "gzip -dc %s", ifilename); // TODO
-    ifp = popen(buf, "rb");
+    ifp = popen(buf, "r");
     _setmode(fileno(ifp), O_BINARY);
     read_bytes = 0;
     if (!ifp)