bool "bunzip2"
default n
help
- bunzip2 is an compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block
+ bunzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block
sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression
is generally considerably better than that achieved by more
conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the
- performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors.
-
+ performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors.
+
The BusyBox bunzip2 applet is limited to de-compression only.
On an x86 system, this applet adds about 11K.
-
+
Unless you have a specific application which requires bunzip2, you
should probably say N here.
cpio has 110 bytes of overheads for every stored file.
This implementation of cpio can extract cpio archives created in the
- "newc" or "crc" format, it cannot create or modify them.
+ "newc" or "crc" format, it cannot create or modify them.
Unless you have a specific application which requires cpio, you should
probably say N here.
default n
help
dpkg is a medium-level tool to install, build, remove and manage Debian packages.
-
+
This implementation of dpkg has a number of limitations, you should use the
official dpkg if possible.
default n
help
dpkg-deb packs, unpacks and provides information about Debian archives.
-
+
This implementation of dpkg-deb cannot pack archives.
-
+
Unless you have a specific application which requires dpkg-deb, you should
probably say N here.
default n
depends on CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
help
- This reduced dpkg-deb to the equivalent of "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx".
- However it saves space as none of the extra dpkg-deb, ar or tar options are
+ This reduces dpkg-deb to the equivalent of "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx".
+ However it saves space as none of the extra dpkg-deb, ar or tar options are
needed, they are linked to internally.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_GZ
- bool " gzip debian packages (normal)"
- default y if CONFIG_DPKG || CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
- depends on CONFIG_DPKG || CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
- help
- This is the default compression method inside the debian ar file.
-
- If you want compatability with standard .deb's you should say yes here.
-
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_BZ2
- bool " bzip2 debian packages"
- default n
- depends on CONFIG_DPKG || CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
- help
- This allows dpkg and dpkg-deb to extract deb's that are compressed internally
- with bzip2 instead of gzip.
-
- You only want this is your are creating your own custom debian packages that
- use an internal control.tar.bz2 or data.tar.bz2.
-
config CONFIG_GUNZIP
bool "gunzip"
default n
default n
depends on CONFIG_GUNZIP
help
- If you want gunzip to have the ability to decompress
+ Enable if you want gunzip to have the ability to decompress
archives created by the program compress (not much
used anymore).
default n
help
gzip is used to compress files.
- It's probably the most used UNIX compression program.
+ It's probably the most widely used UNIX compression program.
config CONFIG_RPM2CPIO
bool "rpm2cpio"
bool "rpm"
default n
help
- Mini RPM applet - querys and extracts
+ Mini RPM applet - queries and extracts
config CONFIG_TAR
bool "tar"
default n
help
tar is an archiving program. It's commonly used with gzip to
- create compressed archives. It's probably the most used
+ create compressed archives. It's probably the most widely used
UNIX archive program.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
If you enable this option you'll be able to extract
archives compressed with bzip2.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_EXCLUDE
- bool " Enable -X and --exclude options (exclude files)"
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_FROM
+ bool " Enable -X (exclude from) and -T (include from) options)"
default n
depends on CONFIG_TAR
help
If you enable this option you'll be able to specify
- a list of files to exclude from an archive.
+ a list of files to include or exclude from an archive.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GZIP
bool " Enable -z option"
If you enable this option tar will be able to call gzip,
when creating or extracting tar gziped archives.
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_COMPRESS
+ bool " Enable -Z option"
+ default n
+ depends on CONFIG_TAR
+ help
+ If you enable this option tar will be able to call uncompress,
+ when extracting .tar.Z archives.
+
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLDGNU_COMPATABILITY
bool " Enable support for old tar header format"
default N
depends on CONFIG_TAR
help
- This option is required to unpack archives created with
- in the old GNU format, help to kill this old format by
+ This option is required to unpack archives created in
+ the old GNU format; help to kill this old format by
repacking your ancient archives with the new format.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS
default y
depends on CONFIG_TAR
help
- With this option busybox supports GNU long filenames and
+ With this option busybox supports GNU long filenames and
linknames.
-config CONFIG_FEATURE_UNARCHIVE_TAPE
- bool " Enable tape drive support"
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_LONG_OPTIONS
+ bool " Enable long options"
default n
- depends on CONFIG_TAR || CONFIG_CPIO
+ depends on CONFIG_TAR
help
- I dont think this is needed anymore.
+ Enable use of long options, increases size by about 400 Bytes
config CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS
bool "uncompress"
current directory. Use the `-d' option to extract to a
directory of your choice.
+comment "Common options for cpio and tar"
+ depends on CONFIG_CPIO || CONFIG_TAR
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_UNARCHIVE_TAPE
+ bool " Enable tape drive support"
+ default n
+ depends on CONFIG_CPIO || CONFIG_TAR
+ help
+ I don't think this is needed anymore.
+
+comment "Common options for dpkg and dpkg_deb"
+ depends on CONFIG_DPKG || CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_GZ
+ bool " gzip debian packages (normal)"
+ default y if CONFIG_DPKG || CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
+ depends on CONFIG_DPKG || CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
+ help
+ This is the default compression method inside the debian ar file.
+
+ If you want compatibility with standard .deb's you should say yes here.
+
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_DEB_TAR_BZ2
+ bool " bzip2 debian packages"
+ default n
+ depends on CONFIG_DPKG || CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
+ help
+ This allows dpkg and dpkg-deb to extract deb's that are compressed internally
+ with bzip2 instead of gzip.
+
+ You only want this if you are creating your own custom debian packages that
+ use an internal control.tar.bz2 or data.tar.bz2.
+
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