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From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
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To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec@shout.net>
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Subject: Re: [rfa] doc/gdbint.texinfo: update commands for release tarball
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> This patch updates gdbint.texinfo with the new instructions for making
> a release tarball.
> 
> Note that more people than the release manager need this information.
> I wrote this patch because I needed to know how snapshot tarballs were
> made in order to debug a problem with testsuite/gdb.c++ files inside
> the current snapshots.
> 
> Testing: I followed the instructions on a fresh tree and I got some nice
> looking tarballs.
> 
> OK to apply?

The section `Configuring @value{GDBN} for Release' should be deleted. 
It's been entirely superseeded by the chapter `Releasing GDB'.

enjoy,
Andrew


> Michael C
> 
> 2003-01-09  Michael Chastain  <mec@shout.net>
> 
> 	* gdb.texinfo (Configuring @value{GDBN} for Release): Update
> 	to "make -f src-release gdb.tar".
> 
> Index: gdbint.texinfo
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo,v
> retrieving revision 1.115
> diff -u -r1.115 gdbint.texinfo
> --- gdbint.texinfo	9 Jan 2003 18:46:02 -0000	1.115
> +++ gdbint.texinfo	9 Jan 2003 22:16:03 -0000
> @@ -5404,14 +5404,16 @@
>  @file{libiberty}, and so on):
>  
>  @smallexample
> -make -f Makefile.in gdb.tar.gz
> +make -f src-release gdb.tar
> +version=2003-01-09-cvs
> +bzip2 -v -9 -c gdb-$version.tar > gdb-$version.tar.bz2
> +gzip -v -9 -c gdb-$version*.tar > gdb-$version.tar.gz
>  @end smallexample
>  
>  @noindent
>  This will properly configure, clean, rebuild any files that are
>  distributed pre-built (e.g. @file{c-exp.tab.c} or @file{refcard.ps}),
> -and will then make a tarfile.  (If the top level directory has already
> -been configured, you can just do @code{make gdb.tar.gz} instead.)
> +and will then make a tarfile.
>  
>  This procedure requires:
>  
>