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| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2009-02-04 03:42:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2009-02-04 03:42:04 +0000 |
| commit | c789f32c3a74d70a3ac3b0507edd0c721627f56e (patch) | |
| tree | 83edc2305d6190b43ae0df09000a4033e18e04d4 /admin/make-tarball.txt | |
| parent | 869692c03a8647ea418a1db2119a7c63a2806432 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-c789f32c3a74d70a3ac3b0507edd0c721627f56e.tar.gz | |
Add some stuff on checking first pretest tarball of a major release.
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diff --git a/admin/make-tarball.txt b/admin/make-tarball.txt index a9591e5949e..22d51ad2441 100644 --- a/admin/make-tarball.txt +++ b/admin/make-tarball.txt @@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ For each step, check for possible errors. tarballs are kept under fencepost.gnu.org:~pot/emacs-pretest/, while old emacs tarballs are at <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/>. + 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. + 8. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta 9. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd emacs-NEW |