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Diffstat (limited to 'archival')
-rw-r--r-- | archival/Config.in | 46 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/archival/Config.in b/archival/Config.in index 5d5087bce..b26be6486 100644 --- a/archival/Config.in +++ b/archival/Config.in | |||
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ config AR | |||
10 | default n | 10 | default n |
11 | help | 11 | help |
12 | ar is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and | 12 | ar is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and |
13 | extract contents from archives. An archive is a single file holding | 13 | extract contents from archives. An archive is a single file holding |
14 | a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to | 14 | a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to |
15 | retrieve the original individual files (called archive members). | 15 | retrieve the original individual files (called archive members). |
16 | The original files' contents, mode (permissions), timestamp, owner, | 16 | The original files' contents, mode (permissions), timestamp, owner, |
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ config FEATURE_AR_LONG_FILENAMES | |||
33 | default n | 33 | default n |
34 | depends on AR | 34 | depends on AR |
35 | help | 35 | help |
36 | By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters of the | 36 | By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters of |
37 | filename, this option removes that limitation. | 37 | the filename, this option removes that limitation. |
38 | It supports the GNU ar long filename method which moves multiple long | 38 | It supports the GNU ar long filename method which moves multiple long |
39 | filenames into a the data section of a new ar entry. | 39 | filenames into a the data section of a new ar entry. |
40 | 40 | ||
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ config BUNZIP2 | |||
43 | default n | 43 | default n |
44 | help | 44 | help |
45 | bunzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block | 45 | bunzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block |
46 | sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression | 46 | sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression |
47 | is generally considerably better than that achieved by more | 47 | is generally considerably better than that achieved by more |
48 | conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the | 48 | conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the |
49 | performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors. | 49 | performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors. |
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ config BZIP2 | |||
56 | default n | 56 | default n |
57 | help | 57 | help |
58 | bzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block | 58 | bzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block |
59 | sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression | 59 | sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression |
60 | is generally considerably better than that achieved by more | 60 | is generally considerably better than that achieved by more |
61 | conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the | 61 | conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the |
62 | performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors. | 62 | performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors. |
@@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ config CPIO | |||
68 | bool "cpio" | 68 | bool "cpio" |
69 | default n | 69 | default n |
70 | help | 70 | help |
71 | cpio is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and extract | 71 | cpio is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and |
72 | contents from archives. | 72 | extract contents from archives. |
73 | cpio has 110 bytes of overheads for every stored file. | 73 | cpio has 110 bytes of overheads for every stored file. |
74 | 74 | ||
75 | This implementation of cpio can extract cpio archives created in the | 75 | This implementation of cpio can extract cpio archives created in the |
76 | "newc" or "crc" format, it cannot create or modify them. | 76 | "newc" or "crc" format, it cannot create or modify them. |
77 | 77 | ||
78 | Unless you have a specific application which requires cpio, you should | 78 | Unless you have a specific application which requires cpio, you |
79 | probably say N here. | 79 | should probably say N here. |
80 | 80 | ||
81 | config FEATURE_CPIO_O | 81 | config FEATURE_CPIO_O |
82 | bool "Support for archive creation" | 82 | bool "Support for archive creation" |
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ config DPKG_DEB | |||
100 | bool "dpkg_deb" | 100 | bool "dpkg_deb" |
101 | default n | 101 | default n |
102 | help | 102 | help |
103 | dpkg-deb packs, unpacks and provides information about Debian archives. | 103 | dpkg-deb packs, unpacks and provides information about Debian |
104 | archives. | ||
104 | 105 | ||
105 | This implementation of dpkg-deb cannot pack archives. | 106 | This implementation of dpkg-deb cannot pack archives. |
106 | 107 | ||
@@ -112,9 +113,10 @@ config FEATURE_DPKG_DEB_EXTRACT_ONLY | |||
112 | default n | 113 | default n |
113 | depends on DPKG_DEB | 114 | depends on DPKG_DEB |
114 | help | 115 | help |
115 | This reduces dpkg-deb to the equivalent of "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx". | 116 | This reduces dpkg-deb to the equivalent of |
116 | However it saves space as none of the extra dpkg-deb, ar or tar options are | 117 | "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx". However it saves space as none |
117 | needed, they are linked to internally. | 118 | of the extra dpkg-deb, ar or tar options are needed, they are linked |
119 | to internally. | ||
118 | 120 | ||
119 | config GUNZIP | 121 | config GUNZIP |
120 | bool "gunzip" | 122 | bool "gunzip" |
@@ -240,8 +242,9 @@ config FEATURE_TAR_OLDSUN_COMPATIBILITY | |||
240 | depends on TAR | 242 | depends on TAR |
241 | help | 243 | help |
242 | This option is required to unpack archives created by some old | 244 | This option is required to unpack archives created by some old |
243 | version of Sun's tar (it was calculating checksum using signed arithmetic). | 245 | version of Sun's tar (it was calculating checksum using signed |
244 | It is said to be fixed in newer Sun tar, but "old" tarballs still exist. | 246 | arithmetic). It is said to be fixed in newer Sun tar, but "old" |
247 | tarballs still exist. | ||
245 | 248 | ||
246 | config FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS | 249 | config FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS |
247 | bool "Support for GNU tar extensions (long filenames)" | 250 | bool "Support for GNU tar extensions (long filenames)" |
@@ -281,7 +284,7 @@ config UNLZMA | |||
281 | default n | 284 | default n |
282 | help | 285 | help |
283 | unlzma is a compression utility using the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain | 286 | unlzma is a compression utility using the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain |
284 | compression algorithm, and range coding. Compression | 287 | compression algorithm, and range coding. Compression |
285 | is generally considerably better than that achieved by the bzip2 | 288 | is generally considerably better than that achieved by the bzip2 |
286 | compressors. | 289 | compressors. |
287 | 290 | ||
@@ -322,18 +325,19 @@ config FEATURE_DEB_TAR_GZ | |||
322 | help | 325 | help |
323 | This is the default compression method inside the debian ar file. | 326 | This is the default compression method inside the debian ar file. |
324 | 327 | ||
325 | If you want compatibility with standard .deb's you should say yes here. | 328 | If you want compatibility with standard .deb's you should say yes |
329 | here. | ||
326 | 330 | ||
327 | config FEATURE_DEB_TAR_BZ2 | 331 | config FEATURE_DEB_TAR_BZ2 |
328 | bool "bzip2 debian packages" | 332 | bool "bzip2 debian packages" |
329 | default n | 333 | default n |
330 | depends on DPKG || DPKG_DEB | 334 | depends on DPKG || DPKG_DEB |
331 | help | 335 | help |
332 | This allows dpkg and dpkg-deb to extract deb's that are compressed internally | 336 | This allows dpkg and dpkg-deb to extract deb's that are compressed |
333 | with bzip2 instead of gzip. | 337 | internally with bzip2 instead of gzip. |
334 | 338 | ||
335 | You only want this if you are creating your own custom debian packages that | 339 | You only want this if you are creating your own custom debian |
336 | use an internal control.tar.bz2 or data.tar.bz2. | 340 | packages that use an internal control.tar.bz2 or data.tar.bz2. |
337 | 341 | ||
338 | config FEATURE_DEB_TAR_LZMA | 342 | config FEATURE_DEB_TAR_LZMA |
339 | bool "lzma debian packages" | 343 | bool "lzma debian packages" |