# HG changeset patch # User Francesco Potort # Date 1039600943 0 # Node ID bd5cc892ddded9d412833c34d1cbed8079afd6d5 # Parent 32e11c5dadbef48a3e808856c1332954ba3ab7c1 Cleaned up, added reference to make-announce and to emacs-pretest-bug. diff -r 32e11c5dadbe -r bd5cc892ddde admin/make-tarball.txt --- a/admin/make-tarball.txt Wed Dec 11 10:00:52 2002 +0000 +++ b/admin/make-tarball.txt Wed Dec 11 10:02:23 2002 +0000 @@ -22,27 +22,21 @@ admin/diff-tar-files against an older tar file. Some old pretest tarballs are kept under fencepost.gnu.org:~pot/emacs-pretest/. -7. Make xdeltas: - xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta +7. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta -8. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd NEW - Then, either using `script' or M-x compile, do - configure && make && make -n install - Save the compilation log in compile-NEW.log and compare it against - an old one. The easiest way to do that is to visit the old log in - Emacs, change the version number of the old Emacs to __, do the same - with the new log and do M-x ediff. Especially check that Info files - aren't built. +8. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd emacs-NEW + configure && make && make -n install + Use `script' or M-x compile to save the compilation log in + compile-NEW.log and compare it against an old one. The easiest way + to do that is to visit the old log in Emacs, change the version + number of the old Emacs to __, do the same with the new log and do + M-x ediff. Especially check that Info files aren't built. -9. `cvs tag TAG' in the toplevel Emacs dir. TAG is - EMACS_PRETEST_XX_YY_ZZZ for a pretest, don't know for a release. +9. cd EMACS_ROOT_DIR; cvs tag TAG + TAG is EMACS_PRETEST_XX_YY_ZZZ for a pretest. Don't know for a release. -10. For pretests, make an announcement by selecting new data from the - change logs and save it into emacs-NEW.announce, don't know for a - release. To get the new data from change logs, you can use: - cvs -q diff -b -r EMACS_PRETEST_XX_YY_ZZZ $(find -name ChangeLog|sort) | - sed -n -e 's/^=\+/ /p' -e 's/^> //p' -e 's/^diff.*//p' \ - -e 's/^RCS file: .cvsroot.emacs.emacs.\(.*\),v/\1/p' +10. admin/make-announcement OLD NEW + This creates an announcement for pretests. Don't know for a release. 11. rsync emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta compile-NEW.log \ emacs-new.announce alpha.gnu.org:/home/alpha/gnu/emacs/pretest/ @@ -51,4 +45,5 @@ ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/. 13. Let Richard Stallman know about the new pretest and tell him to - announce it using the announcement you prepared. + announce it using the announcement you prepared. Remind him to set + a Reply-to header to .