From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 21:35:26 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added comment about OSF tar
X-Git-Tag: Release-1-4b~125
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=879c6e82914253376a32f2926be546acb4430f29;p=thirdparty%2Fautomake.git

Added comment about OSF tar
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diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index 9f4121f2b..9a58889ba 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");