From 8071ec0990927fd747483ffaad3b5d3b16355643 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Clifton Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:40:06 +0100 Subject: Add a warning to the how-to-make-a-release notes to check the permissions on the files in the tarball. * README-how-to-make-a-release: A note about checking file and directory permissions. --- binutils/ChangeLog | 5 ++++- binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release | 17 +++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog index 016c376764e..89359bd8dc9 100644 --- a/binutils/ChangeLog +++ b/binutils/ChangeLog @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@ 2017-10-18 Nick Clifton - * MAINTAINERS: Moev Svein Seldal to Past Maintainers section. + * README-how-to-make-a-release: A note about checking file and + directory permissions. + + * MAINTAINERS: Move Svein Seldal to Past Maintainers section. 2017-10-18 Alan Modra diff --git a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release index c87f27e5e28..2f659891a35 100644 --- a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release +++ b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release @@ -58,11 +58,20 @@ looks like this: [optional: add "-u XXXXX" to sign with a gpg key] git push origin binutils-2_XX_X - f. Create the release tarballs: + f. Check that your file creation mask will create the + correct file permissions. Eg: + + umask 022 + + g. Create the release tarballs: ./src-release -b -g -l -x binutils - g. Edit bfd/development.sh and set "development=true". - h. Commit this change into the git repository. - i. Clean up the source tree. (Use "git status" to find new + + h. 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. + k. Clean up the source tree. (Use "git status" to find new files, and remove them). FIXME: The tarballs will contain spurious autom4te.cache -- cgit v1.2.1