gzip support in tar broken for 12.2?

[Joakim Tjernlund]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roberto A. Foglietta [mailto:roberto.foglietta at gmail.com]
> Sent: den 6 december 2008 10:58
> To: Joakim Tjernlund
> Cc: Gilles Espinasse; busybox at busybox.net
> Subject: Re: gzip support in tar broken for 12.2?
> 
> 2008/12/6 Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund at transmode.se>:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Gilles Espinasse [mailto:g.esp at free.fr]
> >> Sent: den 6 december 2008 10:35
> >> To: Tjernlund; busybox at busybox.net
> >> Subject: Re: gzip support in tar broken for 12.2?
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Tjernlund" <tjernlund at tjernlund.se>
> >> To: <busybox at busybox.net>
> >> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 11:52 PM
> >> Subject: gzip support in tar broken for 12.2?
> >>
> >>
> >> > After upgrading to bb 12.2 bb tar does not understand
> >> > the z option:
> >> > #> tar z
> >> > tar: invalid option -- z
> >> >
> >> > I am using the same .config and CONFIG_FEATURE_GZIP=y is set
> >> >
> >> >  Jocke
> >> >
> >> That's fixed by the getopt.patch in
> >> http://busybox.net/downloads/fixes-1.12.2
> >> Or upgrade to 1.12.3
> >>
> >
> > Got that one tried Roberto's version too.
> > Still no luck.
> > I noticed these while building bb:
> > .config:112:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol FEATURE_GUNZIP_UNCOMPRESS
> > .config:116:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol FEATURE_RPM_BZ2
> > .config:119:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol FEATURE_TAR_GZIP
> > .config:120:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol FEATURE_TAR_BZIP2
> > .config:121:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol FEATURE_TAR_LZMA
> > .config:122:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol FEATURE_TAR_COMPRESS
> > .config:138:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol FEATURE_DEB_TAR_GZ
> > .config:139:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol FEATURE_DEB_TAR_BZ2
> > .config:140:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol FEATURE_DEB_TAR_LZMA
> > yes: standard output: Broken pipe
> >
> > Seems relevant. I am cross compiling on gentoo.
> >
> 
>  could you send your .config, please

Found it. It is FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ that needs to be set in 12.2

 Jocke