If it covers that tar needs for "tar xjf bla.tbz2" to work then this would be a good addition.
2013/6/6 Ted Unangst <t...@tedunangst.com> > Something that comes up from time to time is the question of whether > to import bzip2 into base or not. Turns out the question is moot > because already have imported it. There's a copy in perl. (I didn't > know this until I happened to be watching a build closer than usual.) > > Since we already have the code built, why not let people use it? This > is a small perl script that implements the 90% subset of functionality > people expect from the regular bzip2 and bunzip2 utilities. It's not > really complete or perfect, but I haven't spent all that much time on > it. > > --- /dev/null Wed Jun 5 20:54:56 2013 > +++ bzip2/Makefile Wed Jun 5 20:51:51 2013 > @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ > +# $OpenBSD$ > + > +.include <bsd.own.mk> > + > +MAN= > + > +SCRIPT=bzip2.pl > +LINKS=${BINDIR}/bzip2 ${BINDIR}/bunzip2 > + > +realinstall: > + ${INSTALL} ${INSTALL_COPY} -o ${BINOWN} -g ${BINGRP} -m ${BINMODE} > \ > + ${.CURDIR}/${SCRIPT} ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/bzip2 > + > + > +.include <bsd.prog.mk> > --- /dev/null Wed Jun 5 20:55:02 2013 > +++ bzip2/bzip2.pl Wed Jun 5 20:53:23 2013 > @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ > +#!/usr/bin/perl -w > +# $OpenBSD$ > +# Copyright (c) Ted Unangst <t...@openbsd.org> > +# > +# Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any > +# purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above > +# copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. > +# > +# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES > +# WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF > +# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR > +# ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES > +# WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN > +# ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF > +# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. > + > +use strict; > +use Getopt::Long qw(:config posix_default bundling no_ignore_case); > +use IO::Compress::Bzip2 qw(bzip2); > + > + > +my $usestdout; > +my $level = 9; > +my $reqlevel; # requested level, who cares? > +GetOptions( > + "c|stdout" => \$usestdout, > + "1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|fast|best" => \$reqlevel > +); > + > +sub bzipfile { > + my $fname = shift; > + my $ofname; > + my $in; > + if ($fname ne "-") { > + if ($usestdout) { > + $ofname = "-"; > + } else { > + $ofname = $fname . ".bz2"; > + if (-e $ofname) { > + warn "Output file $ofname already > exists.\n"; > + return; > + } > + } > + $in = new IO::File "<$fname"; > + if (!$in) { > + warn "Can't open input file $fname.\n"; > + return; > + } > + } else { > + $in = "-"; > + $ofname = "-"; > + } > + if ($ofname eq "-" && -t STDOUT) { > + warn "I won't write compressed data to a terminal.\n"; > + return; > + } > + if (not bzip2 $in => $ofname, BlockSize100K => $level) { > + warn "failz"; > + return; > + } > + if ($ofname ne "-") { > + unlink($fname); > + } > +} > + > +sub bunzipfile { > +print "bunzipping\n"; > + my $fname = shift; > + my $ofname; > + my $in; > + if ($fname ne "-") { > + if ($usestdout) { > + $ofname = "-"; > + } else { > + $ofname = $fname; > + $ofname =~ s/\.bz2$//; > + if (-e $ofname) { > + warn "Output file $ofname already > exists.\n"; > + return; > + } > + } > + $in = new IO::File "<$fname"; > + if (!$in) { > + warn "Can't open input file $fname.\n"; > + return; > + } > + } else { > + $in = "-"; > + $ofname = "-"; > + } > + if (not bunzip2 $in => $ofname) { > + warn "failz"; > + return; > + } > + if ($ofname ne "-") { > + unlink($fname); > + } > +} > + > +my $main; > +if ($0 =~ /bunzip2$/) { > + $main = \&bunzipfile; > +} else { > + $main = \&bzipfile; > +} > + > +if (@ARGV == 0) { > + &$main("-"); > +} else { > + foreach my $f (@ARGV) { > + &$main($f); > + } > +} > > -- May the most significant bit of your life be positive.