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[binutils-gdb] Update notes on how to make a release
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at sourceware dot org>
- To: bfd-cvs at sourceware dot org, gdb-cvs at sourceware dot org
- Date: 13 Jan 2018 14:29:38 -0000
- Subject: [binutils-gdb] Update notes on how to make a release
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=19e2900bd399d1ba272afe8b5b50b1b29a948bbe
commit 19e2900bd399d1ba272afe8b5b50b1b29a948bbe
Author: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Date: Sat Jan 13 14:29:27 2018 +0000
Update notes on how to make a release
Diff:
---
ChangeLog | 5 +++++
binutils/ChangeLog | 1 +
binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release | 21 +++++++++------------
src-release.sh | 4 ++--
4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 99ce993..7db5d82 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-01-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * src-release.sh: Update copyright notice. Change reference to devo
+ to be a reference to root.
+
2018-01-10 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
* config-ml.in: Sync with gcc sources.
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index ffcdf2e..94e1c75 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
2018-01-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+ * README-how-to-make-a-release: Update notes.
* po/binutils.pot: Regenerated.
2018-01-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
diff --git a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
index 97ea210..ce1af8f 100644
--- a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
+++ b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ How to perform a release.
3. When branch day arrives add markers for the upcoming release to
gas, ld, gold and binutils NEWS files.
+ [If using the make-prerelease.sh script, check that
+ common.sh has the right values].
[make-prelease.sh command i]
[make-prelease.sh command C]
Likewise for all of the ChangeLog files.
@@ -54,28 +56,23 @@ How to perform a release.
7. Regenerate various files on both branch and HEAD by configuring
with --enable-maintainer-mode. No need to check in changes to
the autoconf/automake/etc files, but be sure the .pot files are
- up to date.
+ up to date. NB/ Remember to include gold and gprof.
8. Create an initial prerelease:
- a. Bump the version on the branch, and check this in.
+ a. Change the version on the branch (bfd/version.m4), regenerate
+ the files, and check this in.
- b. Create a source tarball:
+ b. Create a source tarball of the branch sources:
- git clean -f -d -x
- CFLAGS="-O -g0" ./src-release.sh -b binutils
- rm -rf $release_dir/proto-toplev
- rm $release_dir/binutils-$version
- rm $release_dir/binutils-$version.tar
- mv $release_dir/binutils-$version.tar.lzip ..
+ ./src-release -x binutils
c. Build a test target using this tarball.
d. Upload the prerelease snapshot to the FTP:
- scp ../binutils-$version.tar.bz2 sourceware.org:~ftp/pub/binutils/snapshots
- ssh sourceware.org md5sum \~ftp/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-$version.tar.bz2
- md5sum ../binutils-$version.tar.bz2
+ scp ../binutils-$version.tar.xz sourceware.org:~ftp/pub/binutils/snapshots
+ ssh sourceware.org md5sum ~ftp/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-$version.tar.xz
9. Send it to the Translation Project:
diff --git a/src-release.sh b/src-release.sh
index 2414cd0..f724397 100755
--- a/src-release.sh
+++ b/src-release.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright (C) 1990-2017 Free Software Foundation
+# Copyright (C) 1990-2018 Free Software Foundation
#
# This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ MAKEINFOFLAGS=--split-size=5000000
#
# Support for building net releases
-# Files in devo used in any net release.
+# Files in root used in any net release.
DEVO_SUPPORT="README Makefile.in configure configure.ac \
config.guess config.sub config move-if-change \
COPYING COPYING.LIB install-sh config-ml.in symlink-tree \