[PATCH] build: Distribute tarball compressed with xz instead of bzip2

[Guillem Jover]

* Makefile (dist): Change bz2 to xz.
(%.xz): Add target.
(%.bz2): Remove target.
---
Makefile | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c0aa59a0e..6288a1573 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ dist-version := $(shell cd $(top_srcdir)/ && $(git_describe))

.PHONY: dist
ifdef configured
-dist: $(foreach Z,bz2 gz,$(dist-version).tar.$(Z))
+dist: $(foreach Z,xz gz,$(dist-version).tar.$(Z))
else
dist:
@echo >&2 'Cannot build a distribution from an unconfigured tree.'
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ install-headers: $(addsuffix -install-headers,$(lib-subdirs) \
TAGS: $(addsuffix -TAGS,$(working-prog-subdirs) $(lib-subdirs))
etags -o $@ $(patsubst %-TAGS,-i %/TAGS,$^)

-%.bz2: %
- bzip2 -9 < $< > $@
+%.xz: %
+ xz < $< > $@

%.gz: %
gzip -9n < $< > $@

[Samuel Thibault]

Post by Guillem Jover
* Makefile (dist): Change bz2 to xz.
(%.xz): Add target.
(%.bz2): Remove target.

Applied, thanks!

Post by Guillem Jover
---
Makefile | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c0aa59a0e..6288a1573 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ dist-version := $(shell cd $(top_srcdir)/ && $(git_describe))
.PHONY: dist
ifdef configured
-dist: $(foreach Z,bz2 gz,$(dist-version).tar.$(Z))
+dist: $(foreach Z,xz gz,$(dist-version).tar.$(Z))
else
@echo >&2 'Cannot build a distribution from an unconfigured tree.'
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ install-headers: $(addsuffix -install-headers,$(lib-subdirs) \
TAGS: $(addsuffix -TAGS,$(working-prog-subdirs) $(lib-subdirs))
-%.bz2: %
+%.xz: %
%.gz: %
--
2.19.1.1182.g4ecb1133ce

[Thomas Schwinge]

Hi!

Post by Guillem Jover
* Makefile (dist): Change bz2 to xz.
(%.xz): Add target.
(%.bz2): Remove target.

Curious: why a) use "xz" instead of what we got before, b) move from
"bz2" to "xz" instead of offering both (like we continue to do for "gz")?


Grüße
Thomas

Post by Guillem Jover
---
Makefile | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c0aa59a0e..6288a1573 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ dist-version := $(shell cd $(top_srcdir)/ && $(git_describe))
.PHONY: dist
ifdef configured
-dist: $(foreach Z,bz2 gz,$(dist-version).tar.$(Z))
+dist: $(foreach Z,xz gz,$(dist-version).tar.$(Z))
else
@echo >&2 'Cannot build a distribution from an unconfigured tree.'
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ install-headers: $(addsuffix -install-headers,$(lib-subdirs) \
TAGS: $(addsuffix -TAGS,$(working-prog-subdirs) $(lib-subdirs))
-%.bz2: %
+%.xz: %
%.gz: %
--
2.19.1.1182.g4ecb1133ce

[Guillem Jover]

Hi!

Post by Thomas Schwinge

Post by Guillem Jover
* Makefile (dist): Change bz2 to xz.
(%.xz): Add target.
(%.bz2): Remove target.

Curious: why a) use "xz" instead of what we got before, b) move from
"bz2" to "xz" instead of offering both (like we continue to do for "gz")?

Sorry, should have added some rationale, thought it was obvious! :)

xz compresses much better than gzip and bzip2. gzip is very universal
in the availability sense, it's also pretty fast, and even though
takes more space it uses less memory. bzip2 OTOH is not widely
available, it's slow and takes more space, so it seems superfluous,
and providing three compressed tarballs, seems like a waste of space
on the server. :)

Thanks,
Guillem