[RFC 1/2] Add hidden option FEATURE_HAVE_SEAMLESS_COMPRESSION

Denys Vlasenko vda.linux at googlemail.com
Mon Mar 13 17:42:40 UTC 2017


On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Kang-Che Sung <explorer09 at gmail.com> wrote:
> All applets that allow seamless compression now automatically select
> FEATURE_HAVE_SEAMLESS_COMPRESSION, and FEATURE_SEAMLESS_* now depend on
> this.
>
> This means that "Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand ... data"
> questions will no longer be asked if there are no applets requiring it.
>
> Currently the applets that select FEATURE_HAVE_SEAMLESS_COMPRESSION
> are: zcat, dpkg, dpkg_deb, rpm, rpm2cpio, tar, loadfont, fbsplash, man,
> depmod, insmod, modinfo and modprobe.
>
> I hope this will help tracking which of the applets will use seamless
> compression more easily.

Sorry about the delay.

This change make future entries in config affect the past.
In menuconfig, this makes items in module submenu affect
items in archival submenu. This does not feel right.


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