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diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/config/archival/Config.in b/package/utils/busybox/config/archival/Config.in
index 1ca610cad6..ff4c2cf6bd 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/config/archival/Config.in
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/config/archival/Config.in
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z
bool "tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .Z data"
- default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z
+ default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z # it is ancient
help
Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .Z data.
@@ -41,23 +41,13 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_AR
default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_AR # needs to be improved to be able to replace binutils ar
help
ar is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and
- extract contents from archives. An archive is a single file holding
- a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to
- retrieve the original individual files (called archive members).
- The original files' contents, mode (permissions), timestamp, owner,
- and group are preserved in the archive, and can be restored on
- extraction.
-
- The stored filename is limited to 15 characters. (for more information
- see long filename support).
- ar has 60 bytes of overheads for every stored file.
-
- This implementation of ar can extract archives, it cannot create or
- modify them.
+ extract contents from archives. In practice, it is used exclusively
+ for object module archives used by compilers.
+
On an x86 system, the ar applet adds about 1K.
Unless you have a specific application which requires ar, you should
- probably say N here.
+ probably say N here: most compilers come with their own ar utility.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_AR_LONG_FILENAMES
bool "Support for long filenames (not needed for debs)"
@@ -77,7 +67,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_AR_CREATE
This enables archive creation (-c and -r) with busybox ar.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS
bool "uncompress"
- default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_UNCOMPRESS
+ default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_UNCOMPRESS # ancient
help
uncompress is used to decompress archives created by compress.
Not much used anymore, replaced by gzip/gunzip.
@@ -88,6 +78,13 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GUNZIP
gunzip is used to decompress archives created by gzip.
You can use the `-t' option to test the integrity of
an archive, without decompressing it.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_GUNZIP_LONG_OPTIONS
+ bool "Enable long options"
+ default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_GUNZIP_LONG_OPTIONS
+ depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GUNZIP && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LONG_OPTS
+ help
+ Enable use of long options.
config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUNZIP2
bool "bunzip2"
default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_BUNZIP2