Index: trunk/ippScripts/scripts/dist_bundle.pl
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--- trunk/ippScripts/scripts/dist_bundle.pl	(revision 29063)
+++ trunk/ippScripts/scripts/dist_bundle.pl	(revision 29960)
@@ -62,4 +62,6 @@
 my $streaksrelease   = can_run('streaksrelease') or (warn "Can't find streaksrelease" and $missing_tools = 1);
 my $bgtool   = can_run('bgtool') or (warn "Can't find bgtool" and $missing_tools = 1);
+my $file_cmd   = can_run('file') or (warn "can't find program file" and $missing_tools = 1);
+my $zcat   = can_run('zcat') or (warn "can't find program zcat" and $missing_tools = 1);
 if ($missing_tools) {
     warn("Can't find required tools.");
@@ -526,8 +528,42 @@
                     $PS_EXIT_CONFIG_ERROR) if (!$resolved);
 
+    &my_die("config dump file resolved but not accessible: $config_file_rule", $component,
+                    $PS_EXIT_CONFIG_ERROR) if !$ipprc->file_exists($resolved);
+
+    my $mdc_compressed;
+    {
+        my $command = "$file_cmd $resolved";
+        my ( $success, $error_code, $full_buf, $stdout_buf, $stderr_buf ) =
+            run(command => $command, verbose => $verbose);
+        unless ($success) {
+            $error_code = (($error_code >> 8) or $PS_EXIT_PROG_ERROR);
+            &my_die("Unable to perform $command: $error_code", $component, $error_code);
+        }
+        my $output = join "", @$stdout_buf;
+        # XXX: may need to to make this more robust
+        $mdc_compressed = ($output =~ /gzip/);
+    }
+    my $inName;
+    if ($mdc_compressed) {
+        my $tmpfile;
+        ($tmpfile, $inName) = tempfile( "/tmp/bundle.XXXX", UNLINK => !$save_temps );
+        close($tmpfile) or &my_die("failed to close $inName", $component, $PS_EXIT_UNKNOWN_ERROR);
+
+        my $command = "$zcat $resolved > $inName";
+        my ( $success, $error_code, $full_buf, $stdout_buf, $stderr_buf ) =
+            run(command => $command, verbose => $verbose);
+        unless ($success) {
+            $error_code = (($error_code >> 8) or $PS_EXIT_PROG_ERROR);
+            &my_die("Unable to perform $command: $error_code", $component, $error_code);
+        }
+
+
+    } else {
+        $inName = $resolved;
+    }
+    my $in = open_with_retries($inName);
+
     # we don't use the mdc parser because the perl parser is way is too slow for complicated config
     # files like this
-    my $in = open_with_retries($resolved);
-
     my $line;
     while ($line = <$in>) {