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23 This seems redundant, since if you're reading this you most likely have
24 already performed this step; however, for completeness, you can obtain
25 the GNU make source code via anonymous CVS from the FSF's Savannah
26 project <http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/make/>:
28 $ cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/make co make
30 You might want to use the "-z3" option to get compression, and you most
31 certainly will want the -P option to avoid unneeded directories
32 cluttering up your source. Personally I add these (as well as -dP for
33 update) to my ~/.cvsrc file.
36 If you have an older version of CVS, you might have to login first.
37 There is no password; just hit the ENTER key if you are asked for one.
43 To build GNU make from CVS, you will need Autoconf, Automake, and
44 Gettext, and any tools that those utilities require (GNU m4, Perl,
45 etc.). See the configure.in file to find the minimum versions of each
46 of these tools. You will also need a copy of wget.
48 When building from CVS you must build in the source directory: "VPATH
49 builds" from remote directories are not supported. Once you've created
50 a distribution, of course, you can unpack it and do a VPATH build from
53 After checking out the code, you will need to perform these steps to get
54 to the point where you can run "make".
59 This rebuilds all the things that need rebuilding, installing
60 missing files as symbolic links.
62 You may get warnings here about missing files like README, etc.
63 Ignore them, they are harmless.
73 Use wget to retrieve various other files that GNU make relies on,
74 but does not keep in its own source tree.
76 NB: You may need GNU make to correctly perform this step; if you use
77 a platform-local make you may get problems with missing files in doc/.
80 At this point you have successfully brought your CVS copy of the GNU
81 make source directory up to the point where it can be treated
82 more-or-less like the official package you would get from ftp.gnu.org.
83 That is, you can just run:
85 $ make && make check && make install
87 to build and install GNU make.
90 Windows builds from CVS
91 -----------------------
93 If you have a UNIX emulation like CYGWIN you can opt to run the general
94 build procedure above; it will work. Be sure to read
95 README.W32.template for information on options you might want to use
96 when running ./configure.
98 If you can't or don't want to do that, then rename the file
99 README.W32.template to README.W32 and follow those instructions.
105 Once you have performed the above steps (including the configuration and
106 build) you can create a GNU make package. This is very simple, just
115 Even better, you should run this:
119 Which will build both .gz and .bz2 package files, then unpack them into
120 a temporary location, try to build them, and repack them, verifying that
121 everything works, you get the same results, _and_ no extraneous files
122 are left over after the "distclean" rule--whew!! Now, _that_ is why
123 converting to Automake is worth the trouble! A big "huzzah!" to Tom
124 T. and the AutoToolers!
130 Here are the things that need to be done (in more or less this order)
131 before making an official release:
133 * Update the configure.in file with the new release number.
134 * Update the NEWS file with the release number and date.
135 * Create the new release in the Savannah "Bugs" Administration for
136 both the "Component Version" and "Fixed Release" fields.
137 * Create the new release in the Savannah "Patches" Administration for
138 the "Fixed Release" field.
139 * Update the Savannah bug list URL in the NEWS file to use the correct
140 "Fixed Release" ID number.
141 * Run "make distcheck" to be sure it all works.
143 * cvs tag <RTAG> where RTAG is constructed by replacing each "." in
144 the version with "-" and prefixing it with "make-".
150 In order to publish a package on the FSF FTP site, either the release
151 site ftp://ftp.gnu.org, or the prerelease site ftp://alpha.gnu.org, you
152 first need to have my GPG private key and my passphrase to unlock it.
153 And, you can't have them! So there! But, just so I remember here's
156 Make sure the "Steps to Release" are complete and committed and tagged.
158 cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/make \
159 export -r<RTAG> -d make-release make
163 <run the commands above to build the release>
165 make upload-alpha # for alpha.gnu.org (pre-releases)
167 make upload-ftp # for ftp.gnu.org (official releases)
169 It will ask for the GPG passphrase _THREE_ times. Sigh.
172 For both final releases and pre-releases, send an email with the URL of
173 the package to the GNU translation robot to allow the translators to
176 <translation@iro.umontreal.ca>
182 Create the announcement in a text file, then sign it with GPG.
184 gpg --clearsign <announcement.txt>
186 Upload to gnu.org, then login and send from my account there.
188 Email to: make-alpha@gnu.org, bug-make@gnu.org, help-make@gnu.org, make-w32@gnu.org.
189 Email to: info-gnu@gnu.org
191 Add a news item to the Savannah project site.
193 Add an update to freshmeat.net.
196 Appendix A - For The Brave
197 --------------------------
199 For those of you who trust me implicitly, or are just brave (or
200 foolhardy), here is a canned sequence of commands to build a GNU make
201 distribution package from a virgin CVS source checkout (assuming all the
202 prerequisites are available of course).
204 This list is eminently suitable for a quick swipe o' the mouse and a
205 swift click o' mouse-2 into an xterm. Go for it!
215 autoreconf -i && ./configure && make update && make && make check