>From e5932416dc8832616a57807ea3efd5aeeeed3ad8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: From: Stefano Lattarini Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:14:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] docs: improve documentation of 'dist-*' targets slightly * doc/automake.texi (The Types of Distributions): Here. Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini --- doc/automake.texi | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi index 76761a7..8d8c2c9 100644 --- a/doc/automake.texi +++ b/doc/automake.texi @@ -8663,8 +8663,8 @@ only format enabled by default. @vindex BZIP2 @item @code{dist-bzip2} -Generate a bzip2 tar archive of the distribution. bzip2 archives are -frequently smaller than gzipped archives. +Generate a @samp{bzip2} tar archive of the distribution. bzip2 archives +are frequently smaller than gzipped archives. By default, this rule makes @samp{bzip2} use a compression option of @option{-9}. To make it use a different one, set the @env{BZIP2} environment variable. For example, @samp{make dist-bzip2 BZIP2=-7}. @@ -8676,7 +8676,7 @@ archives are frequently smaller than @command{bzip2}-compressed archives. @trindex dist-lzip @item @code{dist-shar} -Generate a shar archive of the distribution. +Generate a @samp{shar} archive of the distribution. @trindex dist-shar @vindex XZ_OPT @@ -8691,12 +8691,12 @@ default compression ratio, but with a progress indicator: @trindex dist-xz @item @code{dist-zip} -Generate a zip archive of the distribution. +Generate a @samp{zip} archive of the distribution. @trindex dist-zip @item @code{dist-tarZ} -Generate a compressed tar archive of -the distribution. +Generate a tar archive of the distribution, compressed with the +historical program @command{compress}. @trindex dist-tarZ @end table -- 1.8.1.rc3.438.ge9abef6