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[Emacs-diffs] emacs/admin make-tarball.txt
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] emacs/admin make-tarball.txt |
Date: |
Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:42:04 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Glenn Morris <gm> 09/02/04 03:42:04
Modified files:
admin : make-tarball.txt
Log message:
Add some stuff on checking first pretest tarball of a major release.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/admin/make-tarball.txt?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.28&r2=1.29
Patches:
Index: make-tarball.txt
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/admin/make-tarball.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.28
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -u -b -r1.28 -r1.29
--- make-tarball.txt 3 Feb 2009 04:04:15 -0000 1.28
+++ make-tarball.txt 4 Feb 2009 03:42:04 -0000 1.29
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
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