On 01/03/2013 01:57 AM, Karl Berry wrote:
that every tar (except maybe really ancient ones, can't remember, but we
don't care) supports the -style.
It would be nice to verify this claim on as much systems as possible
Certainly POSIX has always required supporting -options,
On 01/03/2013 01:57 AM, Karl Berry wrote:
OTOH, what about distribution tarballs in '.zip' format? They don't
use tar at all ... Time to deprecate them maybe? Is anybody actually
using them? And while at it, what about the even more obscure 'shar'
format?
FWIW, I think
On 01/03/2013 01:57 AM, Karl Berry wrote:
that every tar (except maybe really ancient ones, can't remember, but we
don't care) supports the -style.
It would be nice to verify this claim on as much systems as possible
Certainly POSIX has always required supporting -options,
On 01/03/2013 01:57 AM, Karl Berry wrote:
That is already possible:
http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#The-dist-Hook
I see. Given this, I propose merely changing the definition of am__tar
to use variables. Something like:
am__tar = $(TAR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
On 01/03/2013 01:57 AM, Karl Berry wrote:
OTOH, what about distribution tarballs in '.zip' format? They don't
use tar at all ... Time to deprecate them maybe? Is anybody actually
using them? And while at it, what about the even more obscure 'shar'
format?
FWIW, I think
That is already possible:
http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#The-dist-Hook
I see. Given this, I propose merely changing the definition of am__tar
to use variables. Something like:
am__tar = $(TAR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) - $$tardir
where the actual definitions of TAR and
OTOH, what about distribution tarballs in '.zip' format? They don't
use tar at all ... Time to deprecate them maybe? Is anybody actually
using them? And while at it, what about the even more obscure 'shar'
format?
FWIW, I think they should still be supported. I see recent
that every tar (except maybe really ancient ones, can't remember, but we
don't care) supports the -style.
It would be nice to verify this claim on as much systems as possible
Certainly POSIX has always required supporting -options, which is some
15 years old at least. Or do I mean
That is already possible:
http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#The-dist-Hook
I see. Given this, I propose merely changing the definition of am__tar
to use variables. Something like:
am__tar = $(TAR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) - $$tardir
where the actual definitions of TAR and
OTOH, what about distribution tarballs in '.zip' format? They don't
use tar at all ... Time to deprecate them maybe? Is anybody actually
using them? And while at it, what about the even more obscure 'shar'
format?
FWIW, I think they should still be supported. I see recent
On Tue, 1 Jan 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
I don't propose any major surgery to make it work in every conceivable
circumstance. All that is really necessary is to provide a way to pass
--exclude-vcs to tar. It would only work with GNU tar, but that is ok.
In GraphicsMagick I use find+cpio
On Tue, 1 Jan 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
I don't propose any major surgery to make it work in every conceivable
circumstance. All that is really necessary is to provide a way to pass
--exclude-vcs to tar. It would only work with GNU tar, but that is ok.
In GraphicsMagick I use find+cpio
On Tue, 1 Jan 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
OTOH, what about distribution tarballs in '.zip' format? They don't
use tar at all ... Time to deprecate them maybe? Is anybody actually
using them? And while at it, what about the even more obscure 'shar'
format?
While I haven't manipulated a
On Tue, 1 Jan 2013, Daniel Herring wrote:
On Tue, 1 Jan 2013, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
OTOH, what about distribution tarballs in '.zip' format? They don't
use tar at all ... Time to deprecate them maybe? Is anybody actually
using them? And while at it, what about the even more obscure
Severity: wishlist
Hi Karl.
I'm adding bug-automake in CC, so that this discussion will remain visible
and archived in a singe place, and we won't forget about the issue.
On 01/01/2013 01:38 AM, Karl Berry wrote:
Stefano and all,
It would be nice to able to list directories in EXTRA_DIST.
Severity: wishlist
Hi Karl.
I'm adding bug-automake in CC, so that this discussion will remain visible
and archived in a singe place, and we won't forget about the issue.
On 01/01/2013 01:38 AM, Karl Berry wrote:
Stefano and all,
It would be nice to able to list directories in EXTRA_DIST.
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