From 19e2900bd399d1ba272afe8b5b50b1b29a948bbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Clifton Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 14:29:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update notes on how to make a release --- 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 99ce993a03..7db5d82230 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2018-01-13 Nick Clifton + + * src-release.sh: Update copyright notice. Change reference to devo + to be a reference to root. + 2018-01-10 Nick Clifton * config-ml.in: Sync with gcc sources. diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog index ffcdf2e0c9..94e1c7557d 100644 --- a/binutils/ChangeLog +++ b/binutils/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ 2018-01-13 Nick Clifton + * README-how-to-make-a-release: Update notes. * po/binutils.pot: Regenerated. 2018-01-13 Nick Clifton diff --git a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release index 97ea2100c6..ce1af8ffb7 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 2414cd0810..f7243970c9 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 \