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diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/config/archival/Config.in b/package/utils/busybox/config/archival/Config.in
index 1ca610cad6..ff4c2cf6bd 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/config/archival/Config.in
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/config/archival/Config.in
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ
 
 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z
 	bool "tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .Z data"
-	default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z
+	default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_Z  # it is ancient
 	help
 	  Make tar, rpm, modprobe etc understand .Z data.
 
@@ -41,23 +41,13 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_AR
 	default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_AR  # needs to be improved to be able to replace binutils ar
 	help
 	  ar is an archival utility program used to create, modify, and
-	  extract contents from archives. An archive is a single file holding
-	  a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to
-	  retrieve the original individual files (called archive members).
-	  The original files' contents, mode (permissions), timestamp, owner,
-	  and group are preserved in the archive, and can be restored on
-	  extraction.
-
-	  The stored filename is limited to 15 characters. (for more information
-	  see long filename support).
-	  ar has 60 bytes of overheads for every stored file.
-
-	  This implementation of ar can extract archives, it cannot create or
-	  modify them.
+	  extract contents from archives. In practice, it is used exclusively
+	  for object module archives used by compilers.
+
 	  On an x86 system, the ar applet adds about 1K.
 
 	  Unless you have a specific application which requires ar, you should
-	  probably say N here.
+	  probably say N here: most compilers come with their own ar utility.
 
 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_AR_LONG_FILENAMES
 	bool "Support for long filenames (not needed for debs)"
@@ -77,7 +67,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_AR_CREATE
 	  This enables archive creation (-c and -r) with busybox ar.
 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_UNCOMPRESS
 	bool "uncompress"
-	default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_UNCOMPRESS
+	default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_UNCOMPRESS  # ancient
 	help
 	  uncompress is used to decompress archives created by compress.
 	  Not much used anymore, replaced by gzip/gunzip.
@@ -88,6 +78,13 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GUNZIP
 	  gunzip is used to decompress archives created by gzip.
 	  You can use the `-t' option to test the integrity of
 	  an archive, without decompressing it.
+
+config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_GUNZIP_LONG_OPTIONS
+	bool "Enable long options"
+	default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_FEATURE_GUNZIP_LONG_OPTIONS
+	depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_GUNZIP && BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LONG_OPTS
+	help
+	  Enable use of long options.
 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_BUNZIP2
 	bool "bunzip2"
 	default BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_BUNZIP2