diff -uNr portage-2.0.49-r21~/bin/dodoc portage-2.0.49-r21/bin/dodoc
--- portage-2.0.49-r21~/bin/dodoc	2003-12-30 09:39:39.000000000 +0100
+++ portage-2.0.49-r21/bin/dodoc	2004-01-25 21:32:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@
 		fi
 		if [ -z "${DOCDESTTREE}" ] ; then
 			install -m0644 "${x}" "${D}usr/share/doc/${PF}"
-			gzip -f -9 "${D}usr/share/doc/${PF}/${x##*/}"
+			#gzip -f -9 "${D}usr/share/doc/${PF}/${x##*/}"
+			bzip2 -f -z -9 "${D}usr/share/doc/${PF}/${x##*/}"
 		else
 			install -m0644 "${x}" "${D}usr/share/doc/${PF}/${DOCDESTTREE}"
-			gzip -f -9 "${D}usr/share/doc/${PF}/${DOCDESTTREE}/${x##*/}"
+			#gzip -f -9 "${D}usr/share/doc/${PF}/${DOCDESTTREE}/${x##*/}"
+			bzip2 -f -z -9 "${D}usr/share/doc/${PF}/${DOCDESTTREE}/${x##*/}"
 		fi
 	else
 		echo "${0}: ${x} does not exist."
diff -uNr portage-2.0.49-r21~/bin/doman portage-2.0.49-r21/bin/doman
--- portage-2.0.49-r21~/bin/doman	2003-12-30 09:39:40.000000000 +0100
+++ portage-2.0.49-r21/bin/doman	2004-01-25 21:32:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
 		compressed="gz"
 		realname="${x%.*}"
 		suffix="${realname##*.}"
+	elif [ "$suffix" == "bz2" ] ; then
+		compressed="bz2"
+		realname="${x%.*}"
+		suffix="${realname##*.}"
 	else
 		realname="$x"
 		compressed=""
@@ -58,7 +62,8 @@
 			install -m0644 "${x}" "${D}${BASE}/man/${mandir}"
 
 			if [ -z "${compressed}" ] ; then
-				gzip -f -9 "${D}${BASE}/man/${mandir}/${x##*/}"
+				#gzip -f -9 "${D}${BASE}/man/${mandir}/${x##*/}"
+				bzip2 -f -z -9 "${D}${BASE}/man/${mandir}/${x##*/}"
 			fi
 		else
 			echo "doman: ${x} does not exist." 1>&2
diff -uNr portage-2.0.49-r21~/bin/prepman portage-2.0.49-r21/bin/prepman
--- portage-2.0.49-r21~/bin/prepman	2003-12-30 09:39:54.000000000 +0100
+++ portage-2.0.49-r21/bin/prepman	2004-01-25 21:34:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@
 				mylink="${mylink}.gz"
 			fi
 
+			if [ "${linkto##*.}" != "bz2" ] ; then
+				linkto="${linkto}.bz2"
+			fi
+			if [ "${mylink##*.}" != "bz2" ] ; then
+				mylink="${mylink}.bz2"
+			fi
+
 			echo "fixing man page symlink: ${mylink##*/}"
 			ln -snf "${linkto}" "${mylink}"
 			if [ "${y}" != "${mylink}" ] ; then
@@ -32,9 +39,11 @@
 				rm -f "${y}"
 			fi
 		else
-			if [ "${y##*.}" != "gz" ] ; then
-				echo "gzipping man page: ${y##*/}"
-				gzip -f -9 "${y}"
+			if [ "${y##*.}" != "gz" -a "${y##*.}" != "bz2" ] ; then
+				#echo "gzipping man page: ${y##*/}"
+				echo "compressing man page: ${y##*/}"
+				#gzip -f -9 "${y}"
+				bzip2 -f -z -9 "${y}"
 			fi
 		fi	
 	done