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authorStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2013-01-22 12:08:43 +0100
committerStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2013-01-22 13:11:06 +0100
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docs: make even clearer 'dist-gzip' is the default.
See automake bug#13520. * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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@@ -8656,6 +8656,11 @@ Automake generates rules to provide archives of the project for
distributions in various formats. Their targets are:
@table @asis
+@item @code{dist-gzip}
+Generate a @samp{gzip} tar archive of the distribution. This is the
+only format enabled by default.
+@trindex dist-gzip
+
@vindex BZIP2
@item @code{dist-bzip2}
Generate a bzip2 tar archive of the distribution. bzip2 archives are
@@ -8665,10 +8670,6 @@ To make it use a different one, set the @env{BZIP2} environment variable.
For example, @samp{make dist-bzip2 BZIP2=-7}.
@trindex dist-bzip2
-@item @code{dist-gzip}
-Generate a gzip tar archive of the distribution.
-@trindex dist-gzip
-
@item @code{dist-lzip}
Generate an @samp{lzip} tar archive of the distribution. @command{lzip}
archives are frequently smaller than @command{bzip2}-compressed archives.