2 # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3 # see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
6 menu "Archival Utilities"
8 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA
9 bool "Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .lzma data"
12 Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .lzma data.
14 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2
15 bool "Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .bz2 data"
18 Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .bz2 data.
20 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ
21 bool "Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .gz data"
24 Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .gz data.
26 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z
27 bool "Make tar and gunzip understand .Z data"
30 Make tar and gunzip understand .Z data.
32 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_AR
36 ar is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and
37 extract contents from archives. An archive is a single file holding
38 a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to
39 retrieve the original individual files (called archive members).
40 The original files' contents, mode (permissions), timestamp, owner,
41 and group are preserved in the archive, and can be restored on
44 The stored filename is limited to 15 characters. (for more information
45 see long filename support).
46 ar has 60 bytes of overheads for every stored file.
48 This implementation of ar can extract archives, it cannot create or
50 On an x86 system, the ar applet adds about 1K.
52 Unless you have a specific application which requires ar, you should
55 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_AR_LONG_FILENAMES
56 bool "Support for long filenames (not need for debs)"
58 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_AR
60 By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters of
61 the filename, this option removes that limitation.
62 It supports the GNU ar long filename method which moves multiple long
63 filenames into a the data section of a new ar entry.
65 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUNZIP2
69 bunzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block
70 sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression
71 is generally considerably better than that achieved by more
72 conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the
73 performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors.
75 Unless you have a specific application which requires bunzip2, you
76 should probably say N here.
78 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BZIP2
82 bzip2 is a compression utility using the Burrows-Wheeler block
83 sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression
84 is generally considerably better than that achieved by more
85 conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the
86 performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors.
88 Unless you have a specific application which requires bzip2, you
89 should probably say N here.
91 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CPIO
95 cpio is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and
96 extract contents from archives.
97 cpio has 110 bytes of overheads for every stored file.
99 This implementation of cpio can extract cpio archives created in the
100 "newc" or "crc" format, it cannot create or modify them.
102 Unless you have a specific application which requires cpio, you
103 should probably say N here.
105 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_CPIO_O
106 bool "Support for archive creation"
108 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_CPIO
110 This implementation of cpio can create cpio archives in the "newc"
113 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_CPIO_P
114 bool "Support for passthrough mode"
116 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_CPIO_O
118 Passthrough mode. Rarely used.
120 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG
123 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ
125 dpkg is a medium-level tool to install, build, remove and manage
128 This implementation of dpkg has a number of limitations,
129 you should use the official dpkg if possible.
131 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
134 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ
136 dpkg-deb unpacks and provides information about Debian archives.
138 This implementation of dpkg-deb cannot pack archives.
140 Unless you have a specific application which requires dpkg-deb,
143 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_DPKG_DEB_EXTRACT_ONLY
144 bool "Extract only (-x)"
146 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_DPKG_DEB
148 This reduces dpkg-deb to the equivalent of
149 "ar -p <deb> data.tar.gz | tar -zx". However it saves space as none
150 of the extra dpkg-deb, ar or tar options are needed, they are linked
153 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GUNZIP
157 gunzip is used to decompress archives created by gzip.
158 You can use the `-t' option to test the integrity of
159 an archive, without decompressing it.
161 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GZIP
165 gzip is used to compress files.
166 It's probably the most widely used UNIX compression program.
168 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RPM2CPIO
172 Converts an RPM file into a CPIO archive.
174 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_RPM
178 Mini RPM applet - queries and extracts RPM packages.
180 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
184 tar is an archiving program. It's commonly used with gzip to
185 create compressed archives. It's probably the most widely used
186 UNIX archive program.
188 if BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
190 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE
191 bool "Enable archive creation"
193 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
195 If you enable this option you'll be able to create
196 tar archives using the `-c' option.
198 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_AUTODETECT
199 bool "Autodetect gz/bz2 compressed tarballs"
201 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2 || BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA
203 With this option tar can automatically detect gzip/bzip2 compressed
204 tarballs. Currently it works only on files (not pipes etc).
206 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_FROM
207 bool "Enable -X (exclude from) and -T (include from) options)"
209 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
211 If you enable this option you'll be able to specify
212 a list of files to include or exclude from an archive.
214 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLDGNU_COMPATIBILITY
215 bool "Support for old tar header format"
217 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
219 This option is required to unpack archives created in
220 the old GNU format; help to kill this old format by
221 repacking your ancient archives with the new format.
223 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_OLDSUN_COMPATIBILITY
224 bool "Enable untarring of tarballs with checksums produced by buggy Sun tar"
226 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
228 This option is required to unpack archives created by some old
229 version of Sun's tar (it was calculating checksum using signed
230 arithmetic). It is said to be fixed in newer Sun tar, but "old"
231 tarballs still exist.
233 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_GNU_EXTENSIONS
234 bool "Support for GNU tar extensions (long filenames)"
236 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
238 With this option busybox supports GNU long filenames and
241 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_LONG_OPTIONS
242 bool "Enable long options"
244 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GETOPT_LONG
246 Enable use of long options, increases size by about 400 Bytes
248 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_UNAME_GNAME
249 bool "Enable use of user and group names"
251 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_TAR
253 Enables use of user and group names in tar. This affects contents
254 listings (-t) and preserving permissions when unpacking (-p).
259 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS
263 uncompress is used to decompress archives created by compress.
264 Not much used anymore, replaced by gzip/gunzip.
266 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNLZMA
270 unlzma is a compression utility using the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain
271 compression algorithm, and range coding. Compression
272 is generally considerably better than that achieved by the bzip2
275 The BusyBox unlzma applet is limited to de-compression only.
276 On an x86 system, this applet adds about 4K.
278 Unless you have a specific application which requires unlzma, you
279 should probably say N here.
281 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LZMA_FAST
282 bool "Optimize unlzma for speed"
284 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNLZMA
286 This option reduces decompression time by about 33% at the cost of
289 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNZIP
293 unzip will list or extract files from a ZIP archive,
294 commonly found on DOS/WIN systems. The default behavior
295 (with no options) is to extract the archive into the
296 current directory. Use the `-d' option to extract to a
297 directory of your choice.