From c789f32c3a74d70a3ac3b0507edd0c721627f56e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 03:42:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add some stuff on checking first pretest tarball of a major release. --- admin/make-tarball.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/admin/make-tarball.txt b/admin/make-tarball.txt index a9591e5949..22d51ad244 100644 --- a/admin/make-tarball.txt +++ b/admin/make-tarball.txt @@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ For each step, check for possible errors. tarballs are kept under fencepost.gnu.org:~pot/emacs-pretest/, while old emacs tarballs are at . + If this is the first pretest of a major release, just comparing + with the previous release may overlook many new files. You can try + something like `find -f | grep -v CVS...etc' in a clean CVS tree, + and compare the results against the new tar contents. + 8. xdelta delta emacs-OLD.tar.gz emacs-NEW.tar.gz emacs-OLD-NEW.xdelta 9. tar -zxf emacs-NEW.tar.gz; cd emacs-NEW -- 2.39.2