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author | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2013-01-22 12:14:20 +0100 |
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committer | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2013-01-22 13:11:06 +0100 |
commit | e5932416dc8832616a57807ea3efd5aeeeed3ad8 (patch) | |
tree | 7a12eac7679c54f6dc41d505e87217a6b916582d /doc | |
parent | 6b8f20088def2f54c8d62e8a0baaa249511ed0f2 (diff) | |
download | automake-e5932416dc8832616a57807ea3efd5aeeeed3ad8.tar.gz |
docs: improve documentation of 'dist-*' targets slightly
* doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Here.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/automake.texi | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi index 76761a7d8..8d8c2c91a 100644 --- a/doc/automake.texi +++ b/doc/automake.texi @@ -8663,8 +8663,8 @@ only format enabled by default. @vindex BZIP2 @item @code{dist-bzip2} -Generate a bzip2 tar archive of the distribution. bzip2 archives are -frequently smaller than gzipped archives. +Generate a @samp{bzip2} tar archive of the distribution. bzip2 archives +are frequently smaller than gzipped archives. By default, this rule makes @samp{bzip2} use a compression option of @option{-9}. To make it use a different one, set the @env{BZIP2} environment variable. For example, @samp{make dist-bzip2 BZIP2=-7}. @@ -8676,7 +8676,7 @@ archives are frequently smaller than @command{bzip2}-compressed archives. @trindex dist-lzip @item @code{dist-shar} -Generate a shar archive of the distribution. +Generate a @samp{shar} archive of the distribution. @trindex dist-shar @vindex XZ_OPT @@ -8691,12 +8691,12 @@ default compression ratio, but with a progress indicator: @trindex dist-xz @item @code{dist-zip} -Generate a zip archive of the distribution. +Generate a @samp{zip} archive of the distribution. @trindex dist-zip @item @code{dist-tarZ} -Generate a compressed tar archive of -the distribution. +Generate a tar archive of the distribution, compressed with the +historical program @command{compress}. @trindex dist-tarZ @end table |