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-*-text-*-
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Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This file is part of GNU Make.
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GNU Make is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
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terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
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Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
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version.
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GNU Make is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
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WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
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A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
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this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Obtaining Git Code
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------------------
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This seems redundant, since if you're reading this you most likely have
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already performed this step; however, for completeness, you can obtain the GNU
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make source code via Git from the FSF's Savannah project
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<http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/make/>:
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$ git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/make.git
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Building From Git
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-----------------
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To build GNU make from Git, you will need Autoconf, Automake, and
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Gettext, and any tools that those utilities require (GNU m4, Perl,
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etc.). See the configure.in file to find the minimum versions of each
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of these tools. You will also need a copy of wget.
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When building from Git you must build in the source directory: "VPATH
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builds" from remote directories are not supported. Once you've created
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a distribution, of course, you can unpack it and do a VPATH build from
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there.
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After checking out the code, you will need to perform these steps to get
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to the point where you can run "make".
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1) $ autoreconf -i
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This rebuilds all the things that need rebuilding, installing
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missing files as symbolic links.
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You may get warnings here about missing files like README, etc.
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Ignore them, they are harmless.
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2) $ ./configure
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Generate a Makefile
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3) $ make update
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Use wget to retrieve various other files that GNU make relies on,
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but does not keep in its own source tree.
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NB: You may need GNU make to correctly perform this step; if you use
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a platform-local make you may get problems with missing files in doc/.
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At this point you have successfully brought your Git copy of the GNU
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make source directory up to the point where it can be treated
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more-or-less like the official package you would get from ftp.gnu.org.
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That is, you can just run:
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$ make && make check && make install
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to build and install GNU make.
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Windows builds from Git
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-----------------------
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If you have a UNIX emulation like CYGWIN you can opt to run the general
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build procedure above; it will work. Be sure to read
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README.W32.template for information on options you might want to use
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when running ./configure.
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If you can't or don't want to do that, then rename the file
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README.W32.template to README.W32 and follow those instructions.
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Creating a Package
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------------------
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Once you have performed the above steps (including the configuration and
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build) you can create a GNU make package. This is very simple, just
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run:
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$ make dist-gzip
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and, if you like:
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$ make dist-bzip2
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Even better, you should run this:
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$ make distcheck
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Which will build both .gz and .bz2 package files, then unpack them into
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a temporary location, try to build them, and repack them, verifying that
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everything works, you get the same results, _and_ no extraneous files
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are left over after the "distclean" rule--whew!! Now, _that_ is why
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converting to Automake is worth the trouble! A big "huzzah!" to Tom
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T. and the AutoToolers!
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Steps to Release
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----------------
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Here are the things that need to be done (in more or less this order)
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before making an official release:
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* Update the configure.in file with the new release number.
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* Update the NEWS file with the release number and date.
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* In Savannah modify the "Value", "Rank", and "Description" values for the
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current "SCM" entry in both "Component Version" and "Fix Release" fields
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to refer to the new release, for "Bugs" and "Patches".
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* Update the Savannah bug list URL in the NEWS file to use the correct
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"Fixed Release" ID number.
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* In Savannah create a new entry for the "Component Version" and "Fix
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Release" fields:
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- Value: SCM
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- Rank: 20
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- Descr: Fixed in Git; will be available in the next version of Make.
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* Run "make distcheck" to be sure it all works.
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* git tag -u <GPGID> <VER> where GPGID is my GPG key fingerprint,
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and VER is the release version.
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* Push everything.
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* Create the new release in the Savannah "Bugs" Administration for
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both the "Component Version" and "Fixed Release" fields.
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* Create the new release in the Savannah "Patches" Administration for
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the "Fixed Release" field.
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Publishing a Package
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--------------------
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In order to publish a package on the FSF FTP site, either the release
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site ftp://ftp.gnu.org, or the prerelease site ftp://alpha.gnu.org, you
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first need to have my GPG private key and my passphrase to unlock it.
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And, you can't have them! So there! But, just so I remember here's
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what to do:
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Make sure the "Steps to Release" are complete and committed and tagged.
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git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/make.git make-release
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cd make-release
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<run the commands above to build the release>
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make upload-alpha # for alpha.gnu.org (pre-releases)
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-OR-
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make upload-ftp # for ftp.gnu.org (official releases)
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Depending on your distribution (whether GnuPG is integrated with your keyring
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etc.) it will either pop up a window asking for your GPG key passphrase one
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time, or else it will use the CLI to ask for the GPG passphrase _THREE_ times.
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Sigh.
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For both final releases and pre-releases, send an email with the URL of
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the package to the GNU translation robot to allow the translators to
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work on it:
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<translation@iro.umontreal.ca>
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Where to Announce
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-----------------
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Create the announcement in a text file, then sign it with GPG.
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gpg --clearsign <announcement.txt>
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Upload to gnu.org, then login and send from my account there.
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To: bug-make@gnu.org, help-make@gnu.org, make-w32@gnu.org
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CC: info-gnu@gnu.org
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BCC: make-alpha@gnu.org
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Add a news item to the Savannah project site.
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Add an update to freshmeat.net.
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Appendix A - For The Brave
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--------------------------
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For those of you who trust me implicitly, or are just brave (or
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foolhardy), here is a canned sequence of commands to build a GNU make
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distribution package from a virgin Git source checkout (assuming all the
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prerequisites are available of course).
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This list is eminently suitable for a quick swipe o' the mouse and a
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swift click o' mouse-2 into an xterm. Go for it!
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autoreconf -i
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./configure
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make update
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make
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make check
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Or, for a debugging version:
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autoreconf -i && ./configure CFLAGS=-g && make update && make && make check
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Or, all-in-one:
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autoreconf -i && ./configure && make update && make && make check
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