>>>>> "Merijn" == mdejonge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Merijn> I'm new to this mailing list so I don't know whether to
Merijn> following has been discussed before (At least I couldn't
Merijn> find anything on the mailing list).
It has been, but it may have been quite a while ago.
Merijn> During a "make dist" the command "$(TAR) chozf" is executed.
Merijn> Unfortunately, the "z" option (which causes tar to execute
Merijn> gzip) is GNU tar specific while the command "tar" is not.
This issue is completely resolved in the next automake.
Meanwhile, you can write your own dist target:
my-dist: distdir
... do whatever ...
Tom
