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1 Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs. |
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2 -- originally written by Eli Zaretskii, amended by Francesco Potort́ |
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4 For each step, check for possible errors. |
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6 1. cvs -q update -Pd |
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8 2. Bootstrap to make 100% sure all elc files are up-to-date, and to |
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9 make sure that the later tagged version will bootstrap, should it be |
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10 necessary to check it out. |
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12 3. Set the version number (M-x load-file RET admin/admin.el RET, then |
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13 M-x set-version RET). For a release, add released change log |
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14 entries (M-x add-release-logs RET). |
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16 4. rm configure; make bootstrap |
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49345 | 18 5. Commit configure, README, lisp/loaddefs.el, lisp/cus-load.el, |
19 lisp/finder-inf.el, lisp/version.el, man/emacs.texi. For a release, | |
20 also commit the ChangeLog files in all directories. | |
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22 6. make-dist --snapshot. Check the contents of the new tar with |
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23 admin/diff-tar-files against an older tar file. Some old pretest |
49345 | 24 tarballs are kept under fencepost.gnu.org:~pot/emacs-pretest/, while |
25 old emacs tarballs are at <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/>. | |
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27 7. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta |
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29 8. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd emacs-NEW |
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30 configure && make && make -n install |
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31 Use `script' or M-x compile to save the compilation log in |
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32 compile-NEW.log and compare it against an old one. The easiest way |
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33 to do that is to visit the old log in Emacs, change the version |
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34 number of the old Emacs to __, do the same with the new log and do |
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35 M-x ediff. Especially check that Info files aren't built. |
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37 9. cd EMACS_ROOT_DIR; cvs tag TAG |
49345 | 38 TAG is EMACS_PRETEST_XX_YY_ZZZ for a pretest, EMACS_XX_YY for a |
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41 10. admin/make-announcement OLD NEW |
49345 | 42 This creates an announcement for pretests. OLD is the version used |
43 to make deltas with respect to NEW. *release instructions missing* | |
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49345 | 45 11. For a pretest, do: |
46 rsync -aP emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta compile-NEW.log \ | |
47 emacs-NEW.announce alpha.gnu.org:/home/alpha/gnu/emacs/pretest/ | |
48 *release instructions missing* | |
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48669 | 50 12. Verify that after five minutes at most the files appear on |
51 ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/. | |
49345 | 52 *release instructions missing* |
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54 13. Let Richard Stallman know about the new pretest and tell him to | |
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55 announce it using the announcement you prepared. Remind him to set |
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56 a Reply-to header to <emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org>. |
49345 | 57 *release instructions missing* |