On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 04:34:12PM +0100, Javier Jardón wrote: > On 21 May 2011 16:00, Olav Vitters <[email protected]> wrote: > ... > > Maybe even: [..] > > AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-pax]) [..] > > I don't have any opinion about which tar format is best to switch to: [..] > I'd use tar-pax > > tar-pax is defined by the POSIX.1-2001 specification, see "posix" in > [1], and It's the unique format without any restrictions (see the > table in [1]). Indeed future version of tar will switch to posix by > default. > > About portability, POSIX.1-2001 is supported [2] since Solaris 10, > that has been out for 5 years [3], so I guess if Solaris supports PAX > for 5+ years, then everyone does :P
Propose a GnomeGoal to change AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE to have: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11.1 no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-pax]) If nooone objects to this I'd like to get this GnomeGoal up and running asap (ideally before 3.1.2 unstable release on Jun 13). The purpose is strictly about the tarball creation; the related goal at https://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/ModernAutotools discusses all kinds of other things but that's for someone else to drive through. -- Regards, Olav _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
