| Message ID | 20211202170146.20676-1-peter@korsgaard.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Headers | show |
| Series | Makefile: release: use .tar.xz instead of .tar.bz2 | expand |
>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> writes: > xz compresses better than bzip2, and is (getting) more popular, so build > release tarballs as .tar.xz (in addition to .tar.gz) instead of .tar.bz2, > similar to how the kernel did ~8 years ago: > https://www.kernel.org/happy-new-year-and-good-bye-bzip2.html > -rw-r--r-- 1 peko peko 5,1M Dec 2 17:55 buildroot-2021.11-rc3.tar.xz > -rw-r--r-- 1 peko peko 5,7M Nov 30 18:15 buildroot-2021.11-rc3.tar.bz2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 peko peko 6,8M Nov 30 18:15 buildroot-2021.11-rc3.tar.gz > Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> Committed, thanks.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 53f6ae9173..0f84122bd3 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ release: $(MAKE) O=$(OUT) distclean tar rf $(OUT).tar $(OUT) gzip -9 -c < $(OUT).tar > $(OUT).tar.gz - bzip2 -9 -c < $(OUT).tar > $(OUT).tar.bz2 + xz -9 -c < $(OUT).tar > $(OUT).tar.xz rm -rf $(OUT) $(OUT).tar print-version:
xz compresses better than bzip2, and is (getting) more popular, so build release tarballs as .tar.xz (in addition to .tar.gz) instead of .tar.bz2, similar to how the kernel did ~8 years ago: https://www.kernel.org/happy-new-year-and-good-bye-bzip2.html -rw-r--r-- 1 peko peko 5,1M Dec 2 17:55 buildroot-2021.11-rc3.tar.xz -rw-r--r-- 1 peko peko 5,7M Nov 30 18:15 buildroot-2021.11-rc3.tar.bz2 -rw-r--r-- 1 peko peko 6,8M Nov 30 18:15 buildroot-2021.11-rc3.tar.gz Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com> --- Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)