bin/59208: config(1) should learn how to decompress a kernel file

[paul%whooppee.com@localhost]

>Number:         59208
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       config(1) should learn how to decompress a kernel file
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 24 09:55:00 +0000 2025
>Originator:     Paul Goyette
>Release:        NetBSD 10.99.12
>Organization:
+---------------------+--------------------------+----------------------+
| Paul Goyette (.sig) | PGP Key fingerprint:     | E-mail addresses:    |
| (Retired)           | 1B11 1849 721C 56C8 F63A | paul%whooppee.com@localhost    |
| Software Developer  | 6E2E 05FD 15CE 9F2D 5102 | pgoyette%netbsd.org@localhost  |
| & Network Engineer  |                          | pgoyette99%gmail.com@localhost |
+---------------------+--------------------------+----------------------+
>Environment:
	
	
System: NetBSD speedy.whooppee.com 10.99.12 NetBSD 10.99.12 (GENERIC) #0: Wed Mar 19 03:32:11 UTC 2025 paul%speedy.whooppee.com@localhost:/build/netbsd-local/obj/amd64/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
The config(1) utility has a -x option to extract configuration text
from the booted kernel.  But if you boot a compressed (*.gz) kernel
you need to manually decompress the kernel file.  It would be nice
if config(1) could detect a compressed kernel and automatically
decompress it.
	
>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:
	

>Unformatted: