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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




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