From unknown Sun Jun 15 08:24:21 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#10411 <10411@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#10411 <10411@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Add support for user-defined compressors (was: Re: Automake 1.11.2 released) Reply-To: bug#10411 <10411@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:24:21 +0000 retitle 10411 Add support for user-defined compressors (was: Re: Automake 1= .11.2 released) reassign 10411 automake submitter 10411 Stefano Lattarini severity 10411 wishlist thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Dec 30 08:21:47 2011 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Dec 2011 13:21:47 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RgcP4-0004DK-Q8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:21:46 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RgcP2-0004DC-U9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:21:45 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RgcMC-00034I-7f for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:18:49 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]:54333) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RgcMC-00034E-67 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:18:48 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37133) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RgcMB-0006AE-0K for bug-automake@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:18:48 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RgcMA-000343-1S for bug-automake@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:18:46 -0500 Received: from mail-wi0-f169.google.com ([209.85.212.169]:58744) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RgcM7-00033X-28; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:18:43 -0500 Received: by wibhq12 with SMTP id hq12so9314961wib.0 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:18:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=iVMN9nTilOe3XbQEAgpe03h5wTfobba74BXJYI5fYtI=; b=ok4YzPgb6fJTJsLBbUhTzZp9VR5xYjvTRsBGfhUgdz/JWLaai2NFQ3gtXDTtSHofOJ QZMyKhmcqcNrko0Oo1/iPzPMV+7iMxI1Y7pC2ZLo+neUHzZTJ+AjgPuKTHSl4+nKj9Bq lzER5x6JT71KXZDWN74cicYBgCrcICsgE7IY4= Received: by 10.180.96.72 with SMTP id dq8mr86150224wib.10.1325251122247; Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:18:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from [87.2.95.175] (host175-95-dynamic.2-87-r.retail.telecomitalia.it. [87.2.95.175]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fq5sm17768137wbb.17.2011.12.30.05.18.41 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:18:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4EFDBA30.6020008@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:18:40 +0100 From: Stefano Lattarini MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Antonio Diaz Diaz Subject: Add support for user-defined compressors (was: Re: Automake 1.11.2 released) References: <4EF30AF3.40501@gmail.com> <4EF4A679.2000603@teleline.es> <8739c8vg0b.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <4EFA1AD6.1010607@teleline.es> In-Reply-To: <4EFA1AD6.1010607@teleline.es> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.17 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit Cc: bug-automake@gnu.org, automake@gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Severity: whishlist thanks On 12/27/2011 08:21 PM, Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote: > Hello Bob, and thanks. > > Bob Friesenhahn wrote: >> >> The approach that lzip used satisifies the standard GNU-mandated >> configuration requirements. Due to using only standard C++, it only >> needs to configure aspects such as the compiler used and installation >> prefix. This approach leads to a very small source package similar to >> that of gzip and bzip2. The drawback of using standard C++ is that >> C++ has only been standardized since 1998 and a C++-runtime library >> is required in order for lzip to be used. This means that lzip might >> not be available in every possible circumstance (but there is always >> the gzip fallback). > > For those "possible circumstances" there is clzip[1], a C89 versión > of lzip. And for even more stripped down systems there is lunzip[2], > a small C89 decompressor. > > [1] http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/clzip.html > [2] http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lunzip.html > > > BTW Stefano, what do you think about supporting parallel versions of > the compressors, like lbzip2 or > plzip ? > I think it's about time we introduce an API that will allow maintainers to easily plug-in their own compressor :-) Implementing that shouldn't be too difficult, given the similarity and duplication among the various `dist-*' targets. The slightly trickier part will be devising an API that is complete and simple enough. I'm CC:ing bug-automake so that we won't forget about the issue. 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