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diff --git a/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst b/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst index c5827b6..523d1e0 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst @@ -72,13 +72,19 @@ The available formats for built distributions are: +-------------+------------------------------+---------+ | Format | Description | Notes | +=============+==============================+=========+ -| ``gztar`` | gzipped tar file | (1),(3) | +| ``gztar`` | gzipped tar file | \(1) | | | (:file:`.tar.gz`) | | +-------------+------------------------------+---------+ +| ``bztar`` | bzipped tar file | | +| | (:file:`.tar.bz2`) | | ++-------------+------------------------------+---------+ +| ``xztar`` | xzipped tar file | | +| | (:file:`.tar.xz`) | | ++-------------+------------------------------+---------+ | ``ztar`` | compressed tar file | \(3) | | | (:file:`.tar.Z`) | | +-------------+------------------------------+---------+ -| ``tar`` | tar file (:file:`.tar`) | \(3) | +| ``tar`` | tar file (:file:`.tar`) | | +-------------+------------------------------+---------+ | ``zip`` | zip file (:file:`.zip`) | (2),(4) | +-------------+------------------------------+---------+ @@ -94,6 +100,9 @@ The available formats for built distributions are: | ``msi`` | Microsoft Installer. | | +-------------+------------------------------+---------+ +.. versionchanged:: 3.5 + Added support for the ``xztar`` format. + Notes: @@ -104,8 +113,7 @@ Notes: default on Windows (3) - requires external utilities: :program:`tar` and possibly one of :program:`gzip`, - :program:`bzip2`, or :program:`compress` + requires external :program:`compress` utility. (4) requires either external :program:`zip` utility or :mod:`zipfile` module (part @@ -119,21 +127,22 @@ You don't have to use the :command:`bdist` command with the :option:`--formats` option; you can also use the command that directly implements the format you're interested in. Some of these :command:`bdist` "sub-commands" actually generate several similar formats; for instance, the :command:`bdist_dumb` command -generates all the "dumb" archive formats (``tar``, ``ztar``, ``gztar``, and -``zip``), and :command:`bdist_rpm` generates both binary and source RPMs. The -:command:`bdist` sub-commands, and the formats generated by each, are: - -+--------------------------+-----------------------+ -| Command | Formats | -+==========================+=======================+ -| :command:`bdist_dumb` | tar, ztar, gztar, zip | -+--------------------------+-----------------------+ -| :command:`bdist_rpm` | rpm, srpm | -+--------------------------+-----------------------+ -| :command:`bdist_wininst` | wininst | -+--------------------------+-----------------------+ -| :command:`bdist_msi` | msi | -+--------------------------+-----------------------+ +generates all the "dumb" archive formats (``tar``, ``gztar``, ``bztar``, +``xztar``, ``ztar``, and ``zip``), and :command:`bdist_rpm` generates both +binary and source RPMs. The :command:`bdist` sub-commands, and the formats +generated by each, are: + ++--------------------------+-------------------------------------+ +| Command | Formats | ++==========================+=====================================+ +| :command:`bdist_dumb` | tar, gztar, bztar, xztar, ztar, zip | ++--------------------------+-------------------------------------+ +| :command:`bdist_rpm` | rpm, srpm | ++--------------------------+-------------------------------------+ +| :command:`bdist_wininst` | wininst | ++--------------------------+-------------------------------------+ +| :command:`bdist_msi` | msi | ++--------------------------+-------------------------------------+ The following sections give details on the individual :command:`bdist_\*` commands. |