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Small updates to the 'how to make a release' document following from the 2.35.2 release

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2021-01-30 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
* README-how-to-make-a-release: Small updates after the 2.35.2
release.
2021-01-28 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
PR 4356

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a. Update the minor release number in bfd/version.m4.
b. Edit bfd/development.sh, set "development=false".
c. Regenerate the configure files.
c.1. Remove spurious autom4te.cache files:
d. Remove spurious autom4te.cache files:
find . -depth -name autom4te.cache -exec rm -r {} \;
git clean -fdx
d. Commit the updates along with a "this-is-the-2.3x.y-release"
e. Commit the updates along with a "this-is-the-2.3x.y-release"
note in all of the changelogs.
e. Tag the branch with the new release number:
f. Tag the branch with the new release number:
git tag -a binutils-2_3x_y
[optional: add "-u XXXXX" to sign with a gpg key]
git push origin binutils-2_3x_y
f. Check that your file creation mask will create the
correct file permissions. Eg:
g. Check that your file creation mask will create the
correct file permissions. Ie:
umask 022
g. Create the release tarballs:
h. Create the release tarballs:
./src-release -b -g -l -x binutils
h. Check that the files in the tarballs have the correct
i. Check that the files in the tarballs have the correct
permissions.
i. Edit bfd/development.sh and set "development=true".
j. Commit this change into the git repository.
j. Clean the source tree again
git clean -fdx
k. Edit bfd/development.sh and set "development=true".
l. Commit this change.
4. [If paranoid - upload the tarballs to one of the FTP servers and
ask people to test it before going on to step 5].
5. Upload the tarballs to ftp.gnu.org.
gnupload --to ftp.gnu.org:binutils binutils-2.3x.y.tar.*
gnupload --to ftp.gnu.org:binutils binutils-*.tar.*
The gnupload script is in the gnulib/build-aux directory.
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sftp sourceware.org
cd /sourceware/ftp/pub/binutils/releases
put binutils-2.3x.y.tar.*
chmod 644 binutils-2.3x.y.tar.*
put binutils-*.tar.*
chmod 644 binutils-*.tar.*
quit
It is OK to upload the signatures as well.
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* Log on to sourceware.org
* Go to /sourceware/www/sourceware/htdocs/binutils
* Edit index.html
* Edit index.html and update the latest release number (if this is a latest release)
For the www.gnu.org site you have to email webmasters@gnu.org
and ask them to make the change(s).
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And a new milestone too:
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/editmilestones.cgi?product=binutils
10. Clean up the source tree.
git clean -dfx .
11. Edit bfd/development.sh on the branch and set the development flag
to "true". Commit this change.
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