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authorDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2015-10-25 20:36:03 +0100
committerDenys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>2015-10-25 20:36:03 +0100
commitdb700330d8951d96ea70102797041730c925eeeb (patch)
treec721e86bec9fa312cdb17470be8cbf54de866c04 /archival
parent0269789537c0c16de948e100ea331fdba54008e4 (diff)
downloadbusybox-db700330d8951d96ea70102797041730c925eeeb.tar.gz
tweak defconfig
MONOTONIC_SYSCALL=y by default FEATURE_LAST_SMALL is gone: now FEATURE_LAST_FANCY is a "bool", not a "choice". Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'archival')
-rw-r--r--archival/ar.c16
-rw-r--r--archival/bbunzip.c2
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/archival/ar.c b/archival/ar.c
index f86c52d9b..e49d5cb2b 100644
--- a/archival/ar.c
+++ b/archival/ar.c
@@ -22,23 +22,13 @@
//config: default n # needs to be improved to be able to replace binutils ar
//config: help
//config: ar is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and
-//config: extract contents from archives. An archive is a single file holding
-//config: a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to
-//config: retrieve the original individual files (called archive members).
-//config: The original files' contents, mode (permissions), timestamp, owner,
-//config: and group are preserved in the archive, and can be restored on
-//config: extraction.
+//config: extract contents from archives. In practice, it is used exclusively
+//config: for object module archives used by compilers.
//config:
-//config: The stored filename is limited to 15 characters. (for more information
-//config: see long filename support).
-//config: ar has 60 bytes of overheads for every stored file.
-//config:
-//config: This implementation of ar can extract archives, it cannot create or
-//config: modify them.
//config: On an x86 system, the ar applet adds about 1K.
//config:
//config: Unless you have a specific application which requires ar, you should
-//config: probably say N here.
+//config: probably say N here: most compilers come with their own ar utility.
//config:
//config:config FEATURE_AR_LONG_FILENAMES
//config: bool "Support for long filenames (not needed for debs)"
diff --git a/archival/bbunzip.c b/archival/bbunzip.c
index 90aac1427..548882f53 100644
--- a/archival/bbunzip.c
+++ b/archival/bbunzip.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ char* FAST_FUNC make_new_name_generic(char *filename, const char *expected_ext)
//config:config UNCOMPRESS
//config: bool "uncompress"
-//config: default n
+//config: default n # ancient
//config: help
//config: uncompress is used to decompress archives created by compress.
//config: Not much used anymore, replaced by gzip/gunzip.