1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/readmanifest.pm.in b/scripts/readmanifest.pm.in
index 82a01e5ab799..be0dda616922 100644
--- a/scripts/readmanifest.pm.in
+++ b/scripts/readmanifest.pm.in
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ sub readManifest {
 
 
 sub writeManifest {
-    my ($manifest, $narFiles, $patches) = @_;
+    my ($manifest, $narFiles, $patches, $noCompress) = @_;
 
     open MANIFEST, ">$manifest.tmp"; # !!! check exclusive
 
@@ -198,11 +198,13 @@ sub writeManifest {
 
 
     # Create a bzipped manifest.
-    system("@bzip2@ < $manifest > $manifest.bz2.tmp") == 0
-        or die "cannot compress manifest";
+    unless (defined $noCompress) {
+	system("@bzip2@ < $manifest > $manifest.bz2.tmp") == 0
+	    or die "cannot compress manifest";
 
-    rename("$manifest.bz2.tmp", "$manifest.bz2")
-        or die "cannot rename $manifest.bz2.tmp: $!";
+	rename("$manifest.bz2.tmp", "$manifest.bz2")
+	    or die "cannot rename $manifest.bz2.tmp: $!";
+    }
 }