0337c467a
Glenn L McGrath
2002-12-06
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Add some help descriptions
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This commit was genuinely broken at the time (not related to our build system): sysdeps/linux/Config.in "fileutils/Config.in" dosyasini kaynak gosteriyor ama bu dosya repoda hic var olmadi (2002-12-05 - 2003-02-15 arasi orijinal yazar hatasi, 3238ea167 ile duzeltildi)
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archival/Config.in+44 -10
| @@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ config CONFIG_AR | |
| 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. |
| + | 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. |
| On an x86 system, the ar applet adds about XXX bytes. | |
| Unless you have a specific application which requires ar, you should | |
| @@ -26,7 +32,10 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_AR_LONG_FILENAMES | |
| default n | |
| depends on CONFIG_AR | |
| help | |
| - | Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. |
| + | By default the ar format can only store the first 15 characters of the |
| + | filename, this option removes that limitation. |
| + | It supports the GNU ar long filename method which moves multiple long |
| + | filenames into a the data section of a new ar entry. |
| config CONFIG_BUNZIP2 | |
| bool "bunzip2" | |
| @@ -38,8 +47,8 @@ config CONFIG_BUNZIP2 | |
| conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the | |
| 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 XXX bytes. |
| + | The BusyBox bunzip2 applet is limited to de-compression only. |
| + | On an x86 system, this applet adds about XXX bytes. |
| Unless you have a specific application which requires bunzip2, you | |
| should probably say N here. | |
| @@ -48,40 +57,64 @@ config CONFIG_CPIO | |
| bool "cpio" | |
| default n | |
| help | |
| - | Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. |
| + | cpio is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and extract |
| + | contents from archives. |
| + | 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. |
| + | |
| + | Unless you have a specific application which requires cpio, you should |
| + | probably say N here. |
| config CONFIG_DPKG | |
| bool "dpkg" | |
| default n | |
| help | |
| - | Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. |
| + | 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. |
| config CONFIG_DPKG_DEB | |
| bool "dpkg_deb" | |
| default n | |
| help | |
| - | Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. |
| + | 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. |
| config CONFIG_FEATURE_DPKG_DEB_EXTRACT_ONLY | |
| bool " extract only (-x)" | |
| default n | |
| depends on CONFIG_DPKG_DEB | |
| help | |
| - | Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. |
| + | 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 |
| + | 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 | |
| - | Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. |
| + | 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 | |
| - | Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. |
| + | 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" | |
| @@ -112,6 +145,7 @@ config CONFIG_TAR | |
| bool "tar" | |
| default n | |
| help | |
| + | tar has at least 512 bytes of overheads for every stored file. |
| Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. | |
| config CONFIG_FEATURE_TAR_CREATE | |