(dired-guess-shell-gnutar): On GNU and GNU/Linux

systems, default to "tar" since those systems probably have GNU
tar.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index c944ba470f8..55c70a142df 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-05-15  Romain Francoise  <romain@orebokech.com>
+
+        * dired-x.el (dired-guess-shell-gnutar): On GNU and GNU/Linux
+        systems, default to "tar" since those systems probably have GNU
+        tar.
+
 2006-05-14  Lars Hansen  <larsh@soem.dk>
 
         * desktop.el (desktop-missing-file-warning): Fix docstring.
diff --git a/lisp/dired-x.el b/lisp/dired-x.el
index e207c60502d..0a467920f11 100644
--- a/lisp/dired-x.el
+++ b/lisp/dired-x.el
@@ -215,7 +215,9 @@ a directory.  See also `dired-local-variables-file'."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'dired-x)
 
-(defcustom dired-guess-shell-gnutar nil
+(defcustom dired-guess-shell-gnutar (when (or (eq system-type 'gnu)
+                                              (eq system-type 'gnu/linux))
+                                      "tar")
   "*If non-nil, name of GNU tar executable.
 \(E.g., \"tar\" or \"gtar\").  The `z' switch will be used with it for
 compressed or gzip'ed tar files.  If you don't have GNU tar, set this