From 6e3299fcdb783b19552dbb2ceb0d012ce51a3501 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:13:35 +0100 Subject: doc: update README-release with process to check for new FS magic * README-release: Run the Makefile rule that checks for new file system magic numbers. --- README-release | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'README-release') diff --git a/README-release b/README-release index af2610a8c..e76adb70f 100644 --- a/README-release +++ b/README-release @@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ Here are most of the steps we (maintainers) follow when making a release. FIXME: enable excluded programs like arch? to get their manual pages? +* Check for new file system types by running the following command on + a system with the most recent kernel possible (e.g., Fedora rawhide): + + make -C src fs-magic-compare + + If it finds a new file system magic number, add it to src/stat.c. + If it is a remote file system, add the new S_MAGIC_* name you created + in stat.c to the list of remote file system types in src/tail.c's + fremote function. + * Pre-release testing: Run the following on at least one SELinux-enabled (enforcing) and -- cgit v1.2.1