Re: tar command executed during make dist

[Lars J. Aas]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 05:32:06PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Wouldn't it be a better idea to pipe the output of (any) tar
: to gzip:
:  $(TAR) chof - $(distdir) | $(GZIP) -c > $(distdir).tar.gz   

Any point in using the f flag at all in such cases?
=> $(TAR) cho $(distdir) | $(GZIP) -c > $(distdir).tar.gz   

  Lars J