- add BR2_ZCAT in preparation of fixing bug #971

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
index 656e3d38f..9d4ee7b9e 100644
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -180,6 +180,16 @@ config BR2_SVN
 	string "Subversion (svn) checkout command"
 	default "svn co"
 
+config BR2_ZCAT
+	string "zcat command"
+	default "zcat"
+	help
+	  Command to be used to extract a gzip'ed file to stdout.
+	  zcat is identical to gunzip -c except that the former may
+	  not be available on your system.
+	  Default is "zcat"
+	  Other possible values include "gunzip -c"
+
 config BR2_TAR_OPTIONS
 	string "Tar options"
 	default ""