Allow to redefine the default output format.

[chaz/tar] / configure.ac

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5d94ce201c0117534a39ab1f0e389d07223d33c3..4cd6c89a0184a49c67232c4f9ab00c30ad97ead3 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -201,6 +201,19 @@ else
     [Define to the full path of your rsh, if any.])
 fi
 
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for default archive format)
+
+if test -z "$DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT"; then
+  DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT="GNU"
+fi
+case $DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT in
+  V7|OLDGNU|POSIX|GNU) ;;
+  *) AC_MSG_ERROR(Invalid format name);;
+esac
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT, ${DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT}_FORMAT,
+  [By default produce archives of this format])
+AC_MSG_RESULT($DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FORMAT)
+
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for default archive)
 
 if test -z "$DEFAULT_ARCHIVE"; then