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Re: [PATCH] dist-xz: don't hard-code -9: honor setting of XZ_OPT


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dist-xz: don't hard-code -9: honor setting of XZ_OPT
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:30:31 +0200

Stefano Lattarini wrote:
...
>> > BZIP2 environment variable
>> >
>> >> +For example, @samp{make dist-bzip2 XZ_OPT=-7}.
>> >
>> > Ditto.
>>
>> Thank you.  Fixed.
> Hmm... thinking better, since we are dealing with environment
> variables here, shouldn't the correct idiom be:
>   $ BZIP2="-7" make dist-bzip2
> instead?  Or am I missing something?

Either way is fine with me.
(though I prefer to avoid the unnecessary double quotes)
Writing it this way

    make dist-bzip2 BZIP2=-7

works just as well, at least with GNU make.



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