Re: [PATCH] Add xz compression support.

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Jim,

thanks for the patch!

* Jim Meyering wrote on Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:33:19PM CET:
> 
> lzma-utils is morphing into xz, and will yield a beta (aka stable API)
> release of the xz package in the not too distant future.
> What do you think of adding support for xz in automake?

I think it is OK for master.  Not sure about branch-1-10.

Please post tests/xz.test as well.  Sorry I overlooked that earlier.

Thanks!
Ralf

> --- a/doc/automake.texi
> +++ b/doc/automake.texi
> @@ -8256,6 +8256,12 @@ frequently smaller than @command{bzip2}-compressed 
> archives.
>  Generate a shar archive of the distribution.
>  @trindex dist-shar
> 
> address@hidden @code{dist-xz}
> +Generate an xz tar archive of the distribution.  xz archives are

@samp{xz}   and  @command{xz} ?

> +frequently smaller than @command{bzip2}-compressed archives.
> +The xz format will soon (early 2009) displace the lzma format.

@samp{xz} format  ?

> address@hidden dist-xz
> +