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List:       darcs-users
Subject:    Re: [darcs-users] [1.0.1] darcs dist and tar
From:       Ralph Corderoy <ralph () inputplus ! co ! uk>
Date:       2005-01-27 11:07:00
Message-ID: 200501271107.j0RB70T05597 () blake ! inputplus ! co ! uk
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Hi,

> > GNU tar is installed here under the name gtar. Currently, changing
> > the name of the tar executable used by darcs requires a search and
> > replace in Dist.lhs. Wouldn't it be nice  to have a --with-tar=
> > option for the configure script ?
> 
> bzip2 is my personal preference for compressing tarballs and in some
> cases I create dists that are in zip format (or jar), so why not allow
> for runtime configuration of both `tar' and `gzip' and even allow
> passing command line options to both programs?

It's always struck me as wrong that darcs has this ability in the first
place.  I store sources under darcs.  I need those plus some extra
things to go into the tar.gz, e.g. ./configure.  The makefile generates
those extra things and knows about them, it's its job to produce the
tar.gz.  Storing generated files, like ./configure, under darcs is
wrong.

Sprinkle IMHO liberally.  But it seems a wart on darcs' UI.  Can it be
axed rather than let it grow with more options?

Cheers,


Ralph.



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