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diff --git a/Doc/packaging/builtdist.rst b/Doc/packaging/builtdist.rst index 3f3e790..b1e5e93 100644 --- a/Doc/packaging/builtdist.rst +++ b/Doc/packaging/builtdist.rst @@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ The available formats for built distributions are: | ``gztar`` | gzipped tar file | (1),(3) | | | (:file:`.tar.gz`) | | +-------------+------------------------------+---------+ -| ``ztar`` | compressed tar file | \(3) | -| | (:file:`.tar.Z`) | | -+-------------+------------------------------+---------+ | ``tar`` | tar file (:file:`.tar`) | \(3) | +-------------+------------------------------+---------+ | ``zip`` | zip file (:file:`.zip`) | (2),(4) | @@ -98,8 +95,8 @@ Notes: default on Windows (3) - requires external utilities: :program:`tar` and possibly one of :program:`gzip`, - :program:`bzip2`, or :program:`compress` + requires external utilities: :program:`tar` and possibly one of :program:`gzip` + or :program:`bzip2` (4) requires either external :program:`zip` utility or :mod:`zipfile` module (part @@ -109,14 +106,14 @@ 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 +generates all the "dumb" archive formats (``tar``, ``gztar``, and ``zip``). The :command:`bdist` sub-commands, and the formats generated by each, are: +--------------------------+-----------------------+ | Command | Formats | +==========================+=======================+ -| :command:`bdist_dumb` | tar, ztar, gztar, zip | +| :command:`bdist_dumb` | tar, gztar, zip | +--------------------------+-----------------------+ | :command:`bdist_wininst` | wininst | +--------------------------+-----------------------+ |