# HG changeset patch # User Glenn Morris # Date 1287718101 25200 # Node ID 83d4d82b8493e4a3b64bab8aafbbd069cbaa640d # Parent 8752cead918b666546beeb073763e1b43f4fa406 * admin/make-tarball.txt: Misc updates. diff -r 8752cead918b -r 83d4d82b8493 admin/make-tarball.txt --- a/admin/make-tarball.txt Thu Oct 21 20:26:34 2010 -0700 +++ b/admin/make-tarball.txt Thu Oct 21 20:28:21 2010 -0700 @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ For each step, check for possible errors. -1. cvs -q update -Pd +1. `bzr update' (for a bound branch), or `bzr pull'. + bzr status # check for locally modified files 2. Bootstrap to make 100% sure all elc files are up-to-date, and to make sure that the later tagged version will bootstrap, should it be @@ -27,24 +28,23 @@ refer to a newer release of Emacs. (This is probably needed only when preparing a major Emacs release, or branching for it.) -5. rm configure; autoconf +5. rm configure src/config.in; autoconf; autoheader make bootstrap -6. Commit configure, README, doc/emacs/emacs.texi, - doc/lispref/elisp.texi, etc/AUTHORS, src/emacs.c, nt/emacs.rc, - and lisp/cus-edit.el (if modified). Copy lisp/loaddefs.el to - lisp/ldefs-boot.el and commit lisp/ldefs-boot.el. For a release, - also commit the ChangeLog files in all directories. +6. Commit configure, src/config.in, etc/AUTHORS, all the files changed + by M-x set-version, and lisp/cus-edit.el (if modified). + Copy lisp/loaddefs.el to lisp/ldefs-boot.el and commit lisp/ldefs-boot.el. + For a release, also commit the ChangeLog files in all directories. 7. make-dist --snapshot. Check the contents of the new tar with admin/diff-tar-files against an older tar file. Some old pretest - tarballs are kept under fencepost.gnu.org:~pot/emacs-pretest/, while - old emacs tarballs are at . + tarballs may be found at ; + old release tarballs are at . If this is the first pretest of a major release, just comparing with the previous release may overlook many new files. You can try - something like `find -f | grep -v CVS...etc' in a clean CVS tree, - and compare the results against the new tar contents. + something like `find . | sort' in a clean bzr tree, and compare the + results against the new tar contents. 8. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta @@ -108,5 +108,3 @@ For a release, announce it on info-gnu@gnu.org, info-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, and emacs-devel. - -# arch-tag: c23c771f-ca26-4584-8a04-50ecf0989390