1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/common.pm b/perl-install/common.pm
index 4c75bd91e..5e53de15b 100644
--- a/perl-install/common.pm
+++ b/perl-install/common.pm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use vars qw(@ISA %EXPORT_TAGS @EXPORT_OK $printable_chars $sizeof_int $bitof_int
 %EXPORT_TAGS = (
     common     => [ qw(__ may_apply even odd arch better_arch compat_arch min max sqr sum and_ or_ if_ if__ sign product bool invbool listlength bool2text bool2yesno text2bool to_int to_float ikeys member divide is_empty_array_ref is_empty_hash_ref add2hash add2hash_ put_in_hash set_new set_add round round_up round_down first second top uniq translate untranslate warp_text formatAlaTeX formatLines deref next_val_in_array) ],
     functional => [ qw(fold_left compose mapgrep map_index grep_index find_index map_each grep_each list2kv map_tab_hash mapn mapn_ difference2 before_leaving catch_cdie cdie combine) ],
-    file       => [ qw(dirname basename touch all glob_ cat_ cat__ output symlinkf renamef chop_ mode typeFromMagic expand_symlinks) ],
+    file       => [ qw(dirname basename touch all glob_ cat_ cat__ catMaybeCompressed output symlinkf renamef chop_ mode typeFromMagic expand_symlinks) ],
     system     => [ qw(sync makedev unmakedev psizeof strcpy gettimeofday syscall_ salt getVarsFromSh setVarsInSh setVarsInShMode setVarsInCsh substInFile availableMemory availableRamMB removeXiBSuffix formatXiB template2file template2userfile update_userkderc list_skels formatTime formatTimeRaw unix2dos setVirtual isCdNotEjectable) ],
     constant   => [ qw($printable_chars $sizeof_int $bitof_int $SECTORSIZE %compat_arch) ],
 );
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ sub sync { syscall_('sync') }
 sub gettimeofday { my $t = pack "LL"; syscall_('gettimeofday', $t, 0) or die "gettimeofday failed: $!\n"; unpack("LL", $t) }
 sub unix2dos { local $_ = $_[0]; s/\015$//mg; s/$/\015/mg; $_ }
 
+sub openFileMaybeCompressed { 
+    my ($f) = @_;
+    -e $f || -e "$f.gz" or die "file $f not found";
+    open F, -e $f ? $f : "gzip -dc $f.gz|";
+    *F;
+}
+sub catMaybeCompressed { cat__(openFileMaybeCompressed($_[0])) }
+
 sub remove_spaces { local $_ = shift; s/^ +//; s/ +$//; $_ }
 sub mode { my @l = stat $_[0] or die "unable to get mode of file $_[0]: $!\n"; $l[2] }
 sub psizeof { length pack $_[0] }