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authorChristian Hesse <mail@earthworm.de>2012-02-11 19:48:59 +1000
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2012-03-08 17:28:36 -0600
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makepkg: allow specifying compression options
Adds the ability to override the commands used to compressing compiled and source packages. This is useful for those wanting to use alternative implementations of the compression tools or non-default compression options. Allan: documented options in man page Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
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diff --git a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
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--- a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
+++ b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@ Options
This value is used when querying a package to see who was the builder.
It is recommended you change this to your name and email address.
+**COMPRESSGZ=**"(gzip -c -f -n)", **COMPRESSBZ2=**"(bzip2 -c -f)", **COMPRESSXZ=**"(xz -c -z -)", **COMPRESSZ=**"(compress -c -f)"::
+ Sets the command and options used when compressing compiled or source
+ packages in the named format.
+
**PKGEXT=**".pkg.tar.gz", **SRCEXT=**".src.tar.gz"::
Sets the compression used when making compiled or source packages. The
current valid suffixes are `.tar`, `.tar.gz`, `.tar.bz2`, `.tar.xz`, and