--- gen_compile.sh	(revision 508)
+++ gen_compile.sh	(working copy)
@@ -427,14 +427,16 @@ 
 }
 
 compile_busybox() {
-
-	# Delete cache if config is newer
-	if [ \
-		-f "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}" -a \
-		-f "${BUSYBOX_CONFIG}" -a \
-		"${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}" -ot "${BUSYBOX_CONFIG}" ]
+	# Delete cache if stored config's MD5 does not match one to be used
+	if [ -f "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}" -a -f "${BUSYBOX_CONFIG}" ]
 	then
-		rm -rf "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}"
+		oldconfig_md5=$(tar -xjf "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}" -O .config | md5sum)
+		newconfig_md5=$(md5sum < "${BUSYBOX_CONFIG}")
+		if [ "${oldconfig_md5}" != "${newconfig_md5}" ]
+		then
+			print_info 1 "busybox: >> Removing stale cache..."
+			rm -rf "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}"
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	if [ ! -f "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}" ]
@@ -461,10 +463,8 @@ 
 			gen_die 'Busybox executable does not exist!'
 		strip "${TEMP}/${BUSYBOX_DIR}/busybox" ||
 			gen_die 'Could not strip busybox binary!'
-		bzip2 "${TEMP}/${BUSYBOX_DIR}/busybox" ||
-			gen_die 'bzip2 compression of busybox failed!'
-		mv "${TEMP}/${BUSYBOX_DIR}/busybox.bz2" "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}" ||
-			gen_die 'Could not copy the busybox binary to the package directory, does the directory exist?'
+		tar -cj -C "${TEMP}/${BUSYBOX_DIR}" -f "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}" busybox .config ||
+			gen_die 'Could not create the busybox bincache!'
 
 		cd "${TEMP}"
 		rm -rf "${BUSYBOX_DIR}" > /dev/null
--- gen_initrd.sh	(revision 508)
+++ gen_initrd.sh	(working copy)
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ 
 		chmod +x "${TEMP}/initrd-temp/bin/blkid"
 	fi
 
-	cp "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}" "${TEMP}/initrd-temp/bin/busybox.bz2" ||
+	cp "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}" "${TEMP}/initrd-temp/bin/busybox.tar.bz2" ||
 		gen_die 'Could not copy busybox from bincache!'
-	bunzip2 "${TEMP}/initrd-temp/bin/busybox.bz2" ||
-		gen_die 'Could not uncompress busybox!'
+	tar -xjf "${TEMP}/initrd-temp/bin/busybox.tar.bz2" -C "${TEMP}/initrd-temp/bin/busybox.tar.bz2" busybox ||
+		gen_die 'Could not extract busybox bincache!'
 	chmod +x "${TEMP}/initrd-temp/bin/busybox"
 
 	if [ "${NOINITRDMODULES}" = '' ]
--- genkernel.conf	(revision 508)
+++ genkernel.conf	(working copy)
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ 
 BUSYBOX_VER="1.1.3+gentoo"
 # Busybox bin-cache location, to store pre-compiled busybox
 # binary is just a bzip2 busybox executable
-BUSYBOX_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/busybox-${BUSYBOX_VER}-%%ARCH%%.bz2"
+BUSYBOX_BINCACHE="%%CACHE%%/busybox-${BUSYBOX_VER}-%%ARCH%%.tar.bz2"
 # Location of BusyBox source tarball
 BUSYBOX_SRCTAR="${GK_SHARE}/pkg/busybox-${BUSYBOX_VER}.tar.bz2"
 # Directory created after busybox tarball is extracted
--- gen_initramfs.sh	(revision 508)
+++ gen_initramfs.sh	(working copy)
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ 
 
 	cp "${GK_SHARE}/generic/udhcpc.scripts" ${TEMP}/initramfs-busybox-temp/bin/
 	chmod +x "${TEMP}/initramfs-busybox-temp/bin/udhcpc.scripts"
-	cp "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}" "${TEMP}/initramfs-busybox-temp/bin/busybox.bz2" ||
+	cp "${BUSYBOX_BINCACHE}" "${TEMP}/initramfs-busybox-temp/bin/busybox.tar.bz2" ||
 		gen_die 'Could not copy busybox from bincache!'
-	bunzip2 "${TEMP}/initramfs-busybox-temp/bin/busybox.bz2" ||
-		gen_die 'Could not uncompress busybox!'
+	tar -xjf "${TEMP}/initramfs-busybox-temp/bin/busybox.tar.bz2" -C "${TEMP}/initramfs-busybox-temp/bin/busybox.tar.bz2" busybox ||
+		gen_die 'Could not extract busybox bincache!'
 	chmod +x "${TEMP}/initramfs-busybox-temp/bin/busybox"
 
 	# down devfsd we use with dietlibc