diff -d -urpN busybox.0/archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c busybox.1/archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c
--- busybox.0/archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c	2014-11-27 23:31:08.000000000 +0100
+++ busybox.1/archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c	2014-12-05 17:53:19.923428716 +0100
@@ -756,8 +756,7 @@ unpack_bz2_stream(transformer_aux_data_t
 				i = IOBUF_SIZE - i; /* number of bytes produced */
 				if (i == 0) /* EOF? */
 					break;
-				if (i != full_write(dst_fd, outbuf, i)) {
-					bb_error_msg("short write");
+				if (i != transformer_write(aux, dst_fd, outbuf, i)) {
 					i = RETVAL_SHORT_WRITE;
 					goto release_mem;
 				}
diff -d -urpN busybox.0/archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip.c busybox.1/archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip.c
--- busybox.0/archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip.c	2014-11-27 23:31:08.000000000 +0100
+++ busybox.1/archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip.c	2014-12-05 18:01:16.614873989 +0100
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ static int inflate_get_next_window(STATE
 
 /* Called from unpack_gz_stream() and inflate_unzip() */
 static IF_DESKTOP(long long) int
-inflate_unzip_internal(STATE_PARAM int in, int out)
+inflate_unzip_internal(STATE_PARAM transformer_aux_data_t *aux, int in, int out)
 {
 	IF_DESKTOP(long long) int n = 0;
 	ssize_t nwrote;
@@ -1002,9 +1002,8 @@ inflate_unzip_internal(STATE_PARAM int i
 
 	while (1) {
 		int r = inflate_get_next_window(PASS_STATE_ONLY);
-		nwrote = full_write(out, gunzip_window, gunzip_outbuf_count);
-		if (nwrote != (ssize_t)gunzip_outbuf_count) {
-			bb_perror_msg("write");
+		nwrote = transformer_write(aux, out, gunzip_window, gunzip_outbuf_count);
+		if (nwrote == (ssize_t)-1) {
 			n = -1;
 			goto ret;
 		}
@@ -1045,7 +1044,7 @@ inflate_unzip(transformer_aux_data_t *au
 //	bytebuffer_max = 0x8000;
 	bytebuffer_offset = 4;
 	bytebuffer = xmalloc(bytebuffer_max);
-	n = inflate_unzip_internal(PASS_STATE in, out);
+	n = inflate_unzip_internal(PASS_STATE aux, in, out);
 	free(bytebuffer);
 
 	aux->crc32 = gunzip_crc;
@@ -1224,7 +1223,7 @@ unpack_gz_stream(transformer_aux_data_t
 		goto ret;
 	}
 
-	n = inflate_unzip_internal(PASS_STATE src_fd, dst_fd);
+	n = inflate_unzip_internal(PASS_STATE aux, src_fd, dst_fd);
 	if (n < 0) {
 		total = -1;
 		goto ret;
diff -d -urpN busybox.0/archival/libarchive/decompress_uncompress.c busybox.1/archival/libarchive/decompress_uncompress.c
--- busybox.0/archival/libarchive/decompress_uncompress.c	2014-11-27 23:31:08.000000000 +0100
+++ busybox.1/archival/libarchive/decompress_uncompress.c	2014-12-05 17:53:51.517149682 +0100
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ unpack_Z_stream(transformer_aux_data_t *
 						}
 
 						if (outpos >= OBUFSIZ) {
-							xwrite(dst_fd, outbuf, outpos);
+							xtransformer_write(aux, dst_fd, outbuf, outpos);
 							IF_DESKTOP(total_written += outpos;)
 							outpos = 0;
 						}
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ unpack_Z_stream(transformer_aux_data_t *
 	} while (rsize > 0);
 
 	if (outpos > 0) {
-		xwrite(dst_fd, outbuf, outpos);
+		xtransformer_write(aux, dst_fd, outbuf, outpos);
 		IF_DESKTOP(total_written += outpos;)
 	}
 
diff -d -urpN busybox.0/archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c busybox.1/archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c
--- busybox.0/archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c	2014-11-27 23:31:08.000000000 +0100
+++ busybox.1/archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c	2014-12-06 17:06:44.604076537 +0100
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ unpack_lzma_stream(transformer_aux_data_
 			if (buffer_pos == header.dict_size) {
 				buffer_pos = 0;
 				global_pos += header.dict_size;
-				if (full_write(dst_fd, buffer, header.dict_size) != (ssize_t)header.dict_size)
+				if (transformer_write(aux, dst_fd, buffer, header.dict_size) != (ssize_t)header.dict_size)
 					goto bad;
 				IF_DESKTOP(total_written += header.dict_size;)
 			}
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ unpack_lzma_stream(transformer_aux_data_
 				if (buffer_pos == header.dict_size) {
 					buffer_pos = 0;
 					global_pos += header.dict_size;
-					if (full_write(dst_fd, buffer, header.dict_size) != (ssize_t)header.dict_size)
+					if (transformer_write(aux, dst_fd, buffer, header.dict_size) != (ssize_t)header.dict_size)
 						goto bad;
 					IF_DESKTOP(total_written += header.dict_size;)
 				}
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ unpack_lzma_stream(transformer_aux_data_
 	{
 		IF_NOT_DESKTOP(int total_written = 0; /* success */)
 		IF_DESKTOP(total_written += buffer_pos;)
-		if (full_write(dst_fd, buffer, buffer_pos) != (ssize_t)buffer_pos) {
+		if (transformer_write(aux, dst_fd, buffer, buffer_pos) != (ssize_t)buffer_pos) {
  bad:
 			total_written = -1; /* failure */
 		}
diff -d -urpN busybox.0/archival/libarchive/decompress_unxz.c busybox.1/archival/libarchive/decompress_unxz.c
--- busybox.0/archival/libarchive/decompress_unxz.c	2014-11-27 23:31:08.000000000 +0100
+++ busybox.1/archival/libarchive/decompress_unxz.c	2014-12-05 17:52:48.767148496 +0100
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ unpack_xz_stream(transformer_aux_data_t
 //		bb_error_msg("<in pos:%d size:%d out pos:%d size:%d r:%d",
 //				iobuf.in_pos, iobuf.in_size, iobuf.out_pos, iobuf.out_size, xz_result);
 		if (iobuf.out_pos) {
-			xwrite(dst_fd, iobuf.out, iobuf.out_pos);
+			xtransformer_write(aux, dst_fd, iobuf.out, iobuf.out_pos);
 			IF_DESKTOP(total += iobuf.out_pos;)
 			iobuf.out_pos = 0;
 		}
diff -d -urpN busybox.0/archival/libarchive/open_transformer.c busybox.1/archival/libarchive/open_transformer.c
--- busybox.0/archival/libarchive/open_transformer.c	2014-11-27 23:31:08.000000000 +0100
+++ busybox.1/archival/libarchive/open_transformer.c	2014-12-06 17:07:56.668503776 +0100
@@ -27,6 +27,46 @@ int FAST_FUNC check_signature16(transfor
 	return 0;
 }
 
+ssize_t FAST_FUNC transformer_write(transformer_aux_data_t *aux, int out_fd, const void *buf, size_t bufsize)
+{
+	ssize_t nwrote;
+
+	if (aux && aux->mem_output_size_max != 0) {
+		size_t pos = aux->mem_output_size;
+		size_t size;
+
+		size = (aux->mem_output_size += bufsize);
+		if (size > aux->mem_output_size_max) {
+			free(aux->mem_output_buf);
+			aux->mem_output_buf = NULL;
+			bb_perror_msg("buffer %u too small", (unsigned)aux->mem_output_size_max);
+			nwrote = -1;
+			goto ret;
+		}
+		aux->mem_output_buf = xrealloc(aux->mem_output_buf, size);
+		memcpy(aux->mem_output_buf + pos, buf, bufsize);
+		nwrote = bufsize;
+	} else {
+		nwrote = full_write(out_fd, buf, bufsize);
+		if (nwrote != (ssize_t)bufsize) {
+			bb_perror_msg("write");
+			nwrote = -1;
+			goto ret;
+		}
+	}
+ ret:
+	return nwrote;
+}
+
+ssize_t FAST_FUNC xtransformer_write(transformer_aux_data_t *aux, int out_fd, const void *buf, size_t bufsize)
+{
+	ssize_t nwrote = transformer_write(aux, out_fd, buf, bufsize);
+	if (nwrote != (ssize_t)bufsize) {
+		xfunc_die();
+	}
+	return nwrote;
+}
+
 void check_errors_in_children(int signo)
 {
 	int status;
@@ -118,16 +158,19 @@ void FAST_FUNC open_transformer(int fd,
 /* Used by e.g. rpm which gives us a fd without filename,
  * thus we can't guess the format from filename's extension.
  */
-int FAST_FUNC setup_unzip_on_fd(int fd, int fail_if_not_compressed)
+static transformer_aux_data_t *setup_transformer_on_fd(int fd, int fail_if_not_compressed)
 {
 	union {
 		uint8_t b[4];
 		uint16_t b16[2];
 		uint32_t b32[1];
 	} magic;
-	int offset = -2;
-	USE_FOR_MMU(IF_DESKTOP(long long) int FAST_FUNC (*xformer)(transformer_aux_data_t *aux, int src_fd, int dst_fd);)
-	USE_FOR_NOMMU(const char *xformer_prog;)
+	int offset;
+	transformer_aux_data_t *aux;
+
+	offset = -2;
+	aux = xzalloc(sizeof(*aux));
+	aux->src_fd = fd;
 
 	/* .gz and .bz2 both have 2-byte signature, and their
 	 * unpack_XXX_stream wants this header skipped. */
@@ -135,15 +178,15 @@ int FAST_FUNC setup_unzip_on_fd(int fd,
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ
 	 && magic.b16[0] == GZIP_MAGIC
 	) {
-		USE_FOR_MMU(xformer = unpack_gz_stream;)
-		USE_FOR_NOMMU(xformer_prog = "gunzip";)
+		aux->xformer = unpack_gz_stream;
+		USE_FOR_NOMMU(aux->xformer_prog = "gunzip";)
 		goto found_magic;
 	}
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2
 	 && magic.b16[0] == BZIP2_MAGIC
 	) {
-		USE_FOR_MMU(xformer = unpack_bz2_stream;)
-		USE_FOR_NOMMU(xformer_prog = "bunzip2";)
+		aux->xformer = unpack_bz2_stream;
+		USE_FOR_NOMMU(aux->xformer_prog = "bunzip2";)
 		goto found_magic;
 	}
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_XZ
@@ -152,8 +195,8 @@ int FAST_FUNC setup_unzip_on_fd(int fd,
 		offset = -6;
 		xread(fd, magic.b32, sizeof(magic.b32[0]));
 		if (magic.b32[0] == XZ_MAGIC2) {
-			USE_FOR_MMU(xformer = unpack_xz_stream;)
-			USE_FOR_NOMMU(xformer_prog = "unxz";)
+			aux->xformer = unpack_xz_stream;
+			USE_FOR_NOMMU(aux->xformer_prog = "unxz";)
 			goto found_magic;
 		}
 	}
@@ -164,52 +207,129 @@ int FAST_FUNC setup_unzip_on_fd(int fd,
 			IF_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2("/bzip2")
 			IF_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_XZ("/xz")
 			" magic");
-	xlseek(fd, offset, SEEK_CUR);
-	return 1;
+
+	/* Some callers expect this function to "consume" fd
+	 * even if data is not compressed. In this case,
+	 * we return a state with trivial transformer.
+	 */
+//	USE_FOR_MMU(aux->xformer = copy_stream;)
+//	USE_FOR_NOMMU(aux->xformer_prog = "cat";)
 
  found_magic:
-# if BB_MMU
-	open_transformer_with_no_sig(fd, xformer);
-# else
+# if !BB_MMU
 	/* NOMMU version of open_transformer execs
 	 * an external unzipper that wants
-	 * file position at the start of the file */
+	 * file position at the start of the file
+	 */
 	xlseek(fd, offset, SEEK_CUR);
-	open_transformer_with_sig(fd, xformer, xformer_prog);
 # endif
+	return aux;
+}
+
+/* Used by e.g. rpm which gives us a fd without filename,
+ * thus we can't guess the format from filename's extension.
+ */
+int FAST_FUNC setup_unzip_on_fd(int fd, int fail_if_not_compressed)
+{
+	transformer_aux_data_t *aux = setup_transformer_on_fd(fd, fail_if_not_compressed);
+
+	if (!aux || !aux->xformer) {
+		free(aux);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+# if BB_MMU
+	open_transformer_with_no_sig(aux->src_fd, aux->xformer);
+# else
+	open_transformer_with_sig(aux->src_fd, aux->xformer, aux->xformer_prog);
+# endif
+	free(aux);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int FAST_FUNC open_zipped(const char *fname, int fail_if_not_compressed)
+static transformer_aux_data_t *open_transformer_state(const char *fname, int fail_if_not_compressed)
 {
+	transformer_aux_data_t *aux;
 	int fd;
 
 	fd = open(fname, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0)
-		return fd;
+		return NULL;
 
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_LZMA) {
 		/* .lzma has no header/signature, can only detect it by extension */
 		char *sfx = strrchr(fname, '.');
 		if (sfx && strcmp(sfx+1, "lzma") == 0) {
-			open_transformer_with_sig(fd, unpack_lzma_stream, "unlzma");
-			return fd;
+			aux = xzalloc(sizeof(*aux));
+			aux->src_fd = fd;
+			aux->xformer = unpack_lzma_stream;
+			USE_FOR_NOMMU(aux->xformer_prog = "unlzma";)
+			return aux;
 		}
 	}
-	if ((ENABLE_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_GZ)
-	 || (ENABLE_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_BZ2)
-	 || (ENABLE_FEATURE_SEAMLESS_XZ)
-	) {
-		setup_unzip_on_fd(fd, fail_if_not_compressed);
+
+	aux = setup_transformer_on_fd(fd, fail_if_not_compressed);
+
+	return aux;
+}
+
+int FAST_FUNC open_zipped(const char *fname, int fail_if_not_compressed)
+{
+	int fd;
+	transformer_aux_data_t *aux;
+
+	aux = open_transformer_state(fname, fail_if_not_compressed);
+	if (!aux)
+		return -1;
+
+	fd = aux->src_fd;
+	if (aux->xformer) {
+# if BB_MMU
+		open_transformer_with_no_sig(aux->src_fd, aux->xformer);
+# else
+		open_transformer_with_sig(aux->src_fd, aux->xformer, aux->xformer_prog);
+# endif
 	}
+	/* else: the file is not compressed */
 
+	free(aux);
 	return fd;
 }
 
 #endif /* SEAMLESS_COMPRESSION */
 
+
 void* FAST_FUNC xmalloc_open_zipped_read_close(const char *fname, size_t *maxsz_p)
 {
+#if SEAMLESS_COMPRESSION
+	transformer_aux_data_t *aux;
+	char *image;
+
+	aux = open_transformer_state(fname, /*fail_if_not_compressed:*/ 0);
+	if (!aux) /* file open error */
+		return NULL;
+
+	image = NULL;
+	if (aux->xformer) {
+		/* In-memory decompression */
+		aux->mem_output_size_max = *maxsz_p;
+		aux->xformer(aux, aux->src_fd, -1);
+		if (aux->mem_output_buf) {
+			image = aux->mem_output_buf;
+			*maxsz_p = aux->mem_output_size;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/* File is not compressed */
+		image = xmalloc_read(aux->src_fd, maxsz_p);
+	}
+
+	if (!image)
+		bb_perror_msg("read error from '%s'", fname);
+	close(aux->src_fd);
+	free(aux);
+	return image;
+#else
+	/* This version forks a subprocess - much more expensive */
 	int fd;
 	char *image;
 
@@ -221,6 +341,6 @@ void* FAST_FUNC xmalloc_open_zipped_read
 	if (!image)
 		bb_perror_msg("read error from '%s'", fname);
 	close(fd);
-
 	return image;
+#endif
 }
diff -d -urpN busybox.0/include/bb_archive.h busybox.1/include/bb_archive.h
--- busybox.0/include/bb_archive.h	2014-11-27 23:31:08.000000000 +0100
+++ busybox.1/include/bb_archive.h	2014-12-06 17:07:56.668503776 +0100
@@ -205,6 +205,18 @@ void dealloc_bunzip(bunzip_data *bd) FAS
 /* Meaning and direction (input/output) of the fields are transformer-specific */
 typedef struct transformer_aux_data_t {
 	smallint check_signature; /* most often referenced member */
+
+	IF_DESKTOP(long long) int FAST_FUNC (*xformer)(struct transformer_aux_data_t *aux, int src_fd, int dst_fd);
+	USE_FOR_NOMMU(const char *xformer_prog;)
+
+	/* Source */
+	int      src_fd;
+	/* Output */
+	//int      dst_fd; -- so far passed separately
+	size_t   mem_output_size_max; /* if non-zero, decompress to RAM instead of fd */
+	size_t   mem_output_size;
+	char     *mem_output_buf;
+
 	off_t    bytes_out;
 	off_t    bytes_in;  /* used in unzip code only: needs to know packed size */
 	uint32_t crc32;
@@ -212,7 +224,9 @@ typedef struct transformer_aux_data_t {
 } transformer_aux_data_t;
 
 void init_transformer_aux_data(transformer_aux_data_t *aux) FAST_FUNC;
-int FAST_FUNC check_signature16(transformer_aux_data_t *aux, int src_fd, unsigned magic16) FAST_FUNC;
+ssize_t transformer_write(transformer_aux_data_t *aux, int out, const void *buf, size_t bufsize) FAST_FUNC;
+ssize_t xtransformer_write(transformer_aux_data_t *aux, int out, const void *buf, size_t bufsize) FAST_FUNC;
+int check_signature16(transformer_aux_data_t *aux, int src_fd, unsigned magic16) FAST_FUNC;
 
 IF_DESKTOP(long long) int inflate_unzip(transformer_aux_data_t *aux, int src_fd, int dst_fd) FAST_FUNC;
 IF_DESKTOP(long long) int unpack_Z_stream(transformer_aux_data_t *aux, int src_fd, int dst_fd) FAST_FUNC;
@@ -242,7 +256,6 @@ void open_transformer(int fd, const char
 /* open_transformer_with_no_sig() does not exist on NOMMU */
 #endif
 
-
 POP_SAVED_FUNCTION_VISIBILITY
 
 #endif
