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More minor updates to the how-to-make-a-release documentation

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Nick Clifton 2021-07-03 15:57:56 +01:00
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8. Update bfd/version.m4 on HEAD to indicate that is now a snapshot 8. Update bfd/version.m4 on HEAD to indicate that is now a snapshot
of the next release: of the next release:
m4_define([BFD_VERSION], [2.37.50]) m4_define([BFD_VERSION], [2.38.50])
Update the release number in bfd/version.m4 for the BRANCH. Update the release number in bfd/version.m4 for the BRANCH.
The branch only needs the point value set to 90 as the release The branch only needs the point value set to 90 as the release
has not actually happened yet. has not actually happened yet.
m4_define([BFD_VERSION], [2.36.90]) m4_define([BFD_VERSION], [2.37.90])
Regenerate various files on both branch and HEAD by configuring Regenerate various files on both branch and HEAD by configuring
with "--enable-maintainer-mode --enable-gold" and then building with "--enable-maintainer-mode --enable-gold" and then building
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c. Build a test target using this tarball. c. Build a test target using this tarball.
cp binutils-2.36.90.tar.xz /dev/shm cp binutils-2.37.90.tar.xz /dev/shm
pushd /dev/shm pushd /dev/shm
tar xvf binutils-2.36.90.tar.xz tar xvf binutils-2.36.90.tar.xz
mkdir build mkdir build
cd build cd build
../binutils-2.36.90/configure --quiet --enable-gold ../binutils-2.37.90/configure --quiet --enable-gold
make make
popd popd
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d. Upload the pre-release snapshot to the sourceware FTP site: d. Upload the pre-release snapshot to the sourceware FTP site:
scp binutils-2.36.90.tar.xz sourceware.org:~ftp/pub/binutils/snapshots scp binutils-2.37.90.tar.xz sourceware.org:~ftp/pub/binutils/snapshots
ssh sourceware.org sha256sum ~ftp/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-2.36.90.tar.xz ssh sourceware.org sha256sum ~ftp/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-2.37.90.tar.xz
e. Clean up the source directory again. e. Clean up the source directory again.
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Dear Translation Project Dear Translation Project
The <NEW_VERSION> release branch has been created for the GNU binutils. The 2.38 release branch has been created for the GNU Binutils project.
A snapshot of the branch sources can be found here: A snapshot of the branch sources can be found here:
https://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-<OLD_VERSION>.90.tar.xz https://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-2.37.90.tar.xz
We hope to make the official release of the sources on the <DATE> We hope to make the official release of the sources on the <DATE>
although that could change if there are important bugs that need to although that could change if there are important bugs that need to
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The <NEW_VERSION> branch has now been created: The <NEW_VERSION> branch has now been created:
git clone git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git -b binutils-<NEW_VERSION>-branch <NEW_VERSION> git clone git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git -b binutils-<NEW_VERSION>-branch
A snapshot of the sources is also available here: A snapshot of the sources is also available here: