Bugzilla Bug 82192

Mandrake has a -p option in bzip2 which shows progress as a percentage while a
file is being compressed/decompressed.  I extracted the patch and am about to
submit it once I get to the bug report where attachments can be added. 
According to their website, they are OK with others using their patches.  From
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/legal-faq:
"All code developed and distributed by Mandrakesoft is released under the
General Public License or equivalent. Mandrakesoft Download Edition products
only include software covered by a Free Software/Open Source license.
Mandrakesoft Commercial products include proprietary third-party software
products, which contain their own licensing models. "

The feature could be improved if someone feels up to it (e.g. it leaves the
cursor in a strange position for future output of characters, and the progress
resolution might not be ideal), but it's an option anyway and it's better than
nothing as is, in my opinion.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Created an attachment (id=51313) [edit]
Patch for bzip2 -p against version 1.0.2

added to 1.0.2-r5, thanks