1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/root.make b/tools/root.make
index 22834b3324..f1bd14b827 100644
--- a/tools/root.make
+++ b/tools/root.make
@@ -333,16 +333,26 @@ fullzip:
 7zip:
         $(SILENT)$(TOOLSDIR)/buildzip.pl $(VERBOSEOPT) --app=$(APPLICATION) -m \"$(MODELNAME)\" -i \"$(TARGET_ID)\"  -o "rockbox.7z" -z "7za a -mx=9" -r "$(ROOTDIR)" --rbdir="$(RBDIR)" $(TARGET) $(BINARY)
 
-tar:
+ifdef NODEPS
+$(BUILDDIR)/rockbox.tar:
+else
+$(BUILDDIR)/rockbox.tar: build
+endif
         $(SILENT)rm -f rockbox.tar
+        $(call PRINTS,TAR $(notdir $@))
         $(SILENT)$(TOOLSDIR)/buildzip.pl $(VERBOSEOPT) --app=$(APPLICATION) -m \"$(MODELNAME)\" -i \"$(TARGET_ID)\"  -o "rockbox.tar" -z "tar -cf" -r "$(ROOTDIR)" --rbdir="$(RBDIR)" $(TARGET) $(BINARY)
 
+tar: $(BUILDDIR)/rockbox.tar
+
 bzip2: tar
         $(SILENT)bzip2 -f9 rockbox.tar
 
 gzip: tar
         $(SILENT)gzip -f9 rockbox.tar
 
+xz: tar
+        $(SILENT)xz -f rockbox.tar
+
 manual manual-pdf:
         $(SILENT)$(MAKE) -C $(MANUALDIR) OBJDIR=$(BUILDDIR)/manual manual-pdf
 manual-html:
@@ -403,6 +413,7 @@ help:
         @echo "zip            - creates a rockbox.zip of your build (no fonts)"
         @echo "gzip           - creates a rockbox.tar.gz of your build (no fonts)"
         @echo "bzip2          - creates a rockbox.tar.bz2 of your build (no fonts)"
+        @echo "xz             - creates a rockbox.tar.xz of your build (no fonts)"
         @echo "7zip           - creates a rockbox.7z of your build (no fonts)"
         @echo "fontzip        - creates rockbox-fonts.zip"
         @echo "mapzip         - creates rockbox-maps.zip with all .map files"