From 12eed93803daaedd68ff3183e1dcdc108f119fb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Tromey Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 21:35:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added comment about OSF tar --- automake.in | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in index 9f4121f2..9a58889b 100755 --- a/automake.in +++ b/automake.in @@ -6710,6 +6710,10 @@ sub initialize_global_constants . "\n"); $dist{'dist-zip'} = ("\t" . '-rm -f $(distdir).zip' . "\n" . "\t" . 'zip -rq $(distdir).zip $(distdir)' . "\n"); + + # Note that we don't use GNU tar's `-z' option. One reason (but + # not the only reason) is that some versions of tar (e.g., OSF1) + # interpret `-z' differently. $dist{'dist'} = ("\t" . '$(AMTAR) chof - $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c > $(distdir).tar.gz' . "\n"); -- 2.43.5