[automake-commit] branch master updated: docs: TAR envvar overrides "tar" for make dist.

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commit 14ac16ecda54e181b6ed56678b1ba9761e245b8f
Author: Karl Berry <address@hidden>
AuthorDate: Mon May 25 18:20:01 2020 -0700

    docs: TAR envvar overrides "tar" for make dist.
    
    This change finishes https://bugs.gnu.org/9822.
    
    * doc/automake.texi (Basics of Distribution): mention that
    environment variable TAR overrides "tar".
---
 doc/automake.texi | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
index 7cc7bcb..332cac1 100644
--- a/doc/automake.texi
+++ b/doc/automake.texi
@@ -8422,10 +8422,16 @@ for how these variables get their values, from either 
defaults or explicit
 values -- it's slightly trickier than one would expect).
 More precisely the gzipped @code{tar} file is named
 @samp{$@{PACKAGE@}-$@{VERSION@}.tar.gz}.
+
 @vindex GZIP_ENV
 You can use the @command{make} variable @code{GZIP_ENV} to control how gzip
 is run.  The default setting is @option{--best}.
 
+@c See automake #9822.
+@vindex TAR
+You can set the environment variable @code{TAR} to override the tar
+program used; it defaults to @code{tar}.
+
 @cindex @code{m4_include}, distribution
 @cindex @code{include}, distribution
 @acindex m4_include