diff -r c83c35f2f4e2 -r 656e06eebda7 mercurial/archival.py
--- a/mercurial/archival.py	Fri Dec 29 20:04:31 2006 -0600
+++ b/mercurial/archival.py	Fri Dec 29 20:04:31 2006 -0600
@@ -154,9 +154,7 @@
     def write(name, mode, data):
         if matchfn and not matchfn(name): return
         if decode:
-            fp = cStringIO.StringIO()
-            repo.wwrite(name, data, fp)
-            data = fp.getvalue()
+            data = repo.wwritedata(name, data)
         archiver.addfile(name, mode, data)
 
     ctx = repo.changectx(node)