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Re: [Bug-tar] tar 1.13.93: DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT name

From: Karl Berry
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] tar 1.13.93: DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT name
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:45:33 -0500 
    Notice, however, that the only use for this variable is
    when configuring the package (e.g.

Ah, I didn't read the NEWS entry carefully enough ("... Configuration
time").  In that case, DEFAULT_ makes sense.

The makeinfo var, by contrast, is for runtime.  So, maybe
DEFAULT_TAR_OUTPUT_FORMAT and MAKEINFO_OUTPUT_FORMAT is the way to go.
Sound right?
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