build: create xz instead of bzip2 tarballs.

Suggested by Jim Meyering at
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2011-06/msg00012.html>.
* README-hacking (Release Procedure): Update example.
* configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Replace dist-bzip2 with
dist-xz.
(cherry picked from commit abd189e8dc6ca848f038da12e4110d6192374b82)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fc9bdabfaa9e2ff7660102c45a4dbe866c705c68..48fcbdff9e53b6103e2a261182f0965f019204f2 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2011-07-10  Joel E. Denny  <joeldenny@joeldenny.org>
+
+       build: create xz instead of bzip2 tarballs.
+       Suggested by Jim Meyering at
+       <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2011-06/msg00012.html>.
+       * README-hacking (Release Procedure): Update example.
+       * configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Replace dist-bzip2 with
+       dist-xz.
+
 2011-05-29  Joel E. Denny  <joeldenny@joeldenny.org>
 
        doc: clean up references to `Locations Overview'.

diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking
index 1902a0169382a2d15587b86df5bd53c6dbd62d0c..b334ddc59cad6ad6accf5b2bb087acd49e92d071 100644 (file)
--- a/README-hacking
+++ b/README-hacking
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ Here's a brief reminder of how to roll the tarballs and upload them:
 *** put bison-2.3b.tar.gz # This can take a while.
 *** put bison-2.3b.tar.gz.sig
 *** put bison-2.3b.tar.gz.directive.asc
-*** Repeat all these steps for bison-2.3b.tar.bz2.
+*** Repeat all these steps for bison-2.3b.tar.xz.
 
 ** Update Bison manual on www.gnu.org.
 

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6a0ba211d6ac985cb345195dab583324a4f44d48..d0e3df6fc0bc540210352965e44f212d59e04757 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 # releases, we want to be able run make dist without being required to
 # add a bogus NEWS entry.  In that case, the version string
 # automatically contains a dash, which we also let disable gnits.
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11.1 dist-bzip2]
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11.1 dist-xz]
                  m4_bmatch(m4_defn([AC_PACKAGE_VERSION]), [[-_]],
                            [gnu], [gnits]))
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([lib/config.h:lib/config.hin])