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[Findutils-patches] [PATCH 6/6] build: stop distributing gzip'd releases
From: |
Bernhard Voelker |
Subject: |
[Findutils-patches] [PATCH 6/6] build: stop distributing gzip'd releases; xz is enough |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Feb 2016 23:47:15 +0100 |
* configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Add no-dist-gzip and dist-xz.
* NEWS (Build-related): Mention that we're dropping .tar.gz.
---
NEWS | 4 ++++
configure.ac | 2 +-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 16477dc..009b7a3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ a no-op since findnutils-4.5.15.
The configure option --enable-debug has been removed. Debugging in
find is now controlled by its -D option only.
+"make dist" no longer builds .tar.gz files.
+xz is portable enough and in wide-enough use that distributing
+only .tar.xz files is enough.
+
* Major changes in release 4.6.0, 2015-12-28
** Stable Release
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 528d442..f3aa9c9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dnl content in the updatedb script.
AC_SUBST([PACKAGE_BUGREPORT_URL],[$bugreport_url])
AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build-aux)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([no-dist-gzip dist-xz])
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([find/pred.c])
AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
--
2.1.4
- [Findutils-patches] [PATCH 0/6]: usage change et al, Bernhard Voelker, 2016/02/16
- [Findutils-patches] [PATCH 3/6] maint: adjust .gitignore files, Bernhard Voelker, 2016/02/16
- [Findutils-patches] [PATCH 5/6] doc: improve description of the -D option in find.1, Bernhard Voelker, 2016/02/16
- [Findutils-patches] [PATCH 6/6] build: stop distributing gzip'd releases; xz is enough,
Bernhard Voelker <=
- [Findutils-patches] [PATCH 2/6] maint: add new bugreports.c to POTFILES.in, Bernhard Voelker, 2016/02/16
- [Findutils-patches] [PATCH 1/6] maint: avoid syntax-check failures, Bernhard Voelker, 2016/02/16
- [Findutils-patches] [PATCH 4/6] all: output full usage only when requested via the --help option, Bernhard Voelker, 2016/02/16
- Re: [Findutils-patches] [PATCH 0/6]: usage change et al, James Youngman, 2016/02/21