Re: Option no-gzip

[Bruce Korb]

Robert Collins wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 2002-07-27 at 02:25, Bruce Korb wrote:
> > Akim Demaille wrote:
> > >
> > > Would that be accepted?  For some of my projects, I don't need nor
> > > want the .gz, I just want the .bz2.
> >
> > If you are going to parameterize it at all, then parameterize it
> > completely.  e.g.  --compressor=bzip2 [ --compression-suffix=bz2 ]
> > except there would be a table of defaults for the suffix:
> 
> I like this idea. One tweak:
> pluralise the command:
> --compressors=bzip2,gzip[,...]

Meaning you would produce more than one tarball?
Such an option would need something more explicit.
e.g. "make bzip2-dist gzip-dist ..."