Bug#731099: pbuilder: automatically determine decompression

[Michael Gilbert]

package: src:pbuilder
version: 0.215
severity: wishlist
tag: patch

It would be convenient if the compression method for base.tgz were
automatically determined when decompressing, rather than needed to be
specified as a command-line option.

See attached proposed change, which defers the decompression choice to tar.

This makes it possible to do things like convert base.tgz from gzip to
bzip simply by running --update with a --compressprog bzip2, which
saves some space; or to use --compressprog cat for an uncompressed
(speedier) base.tgz.

Best wishes,
Mike
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