-$(BIN)/lzma:
- echo "Installing lzma method link"
- ln -fs bzip2 $(BIN)/lzma
-clean-$(BIN)/lzma:
- -rm $(BIN)/lzma
-
-$(BIN)/xz:
- echo "Installing xz method link"
- ln -fs bzip2 $(BIN)/xz
-clean-$(BIN)/xz:
- -rm $(BIN)/xz
+# create links for all other compressors
+COMPRESSORS=bzip2 lzma xz
+
+binary: $(addprefix $(BIN)/,$(COMPRESSORS))
+veryclean: $(addprefix clean-$(BIN)/,$(COMPRESSORS))
+
+$(addprefix $(BIN)/,$(COMPRESSORS)): $(BIN)/gzip
+ echo "Installing $(notdir $@) method link"
+ ln -fs gzip $@
+
+$(addprefix clean-$(BIN)/,$(COMPRESSORS)):
+ -rm $(BIN)/$(notdir $@)