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Re: make dist (?) and changing version numbers
- To: David Vrabel <dv207 at hermes dot cam dot ac dot uk>
- Subject: Re: make dist (?) and changing version numbers
- From: Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:31:57 -0400
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <Pine.HPX.4.33L.0109241040030.7551-100000@punch.eng.cam.ac.uk>
On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 11:04:12AM +0100, David Vrabel wrote:
> How can I change the version number (from 3.0 to 3.0-xzzyx)? I looked in
> configure.in and Makefile.in but neither seemed to have it.
Look in maintainer-scripts. The update_version script shows where this
is changed.
> How do I build a bunch of source tarballs for distribution? make dist
I don't believe make dist is used for GCC. (The GCC build structure predates
a lot of what we think of as common practice.) Right now there's a bunch
of release scripts on the gcc.gnu.org machine, but I don't think they're
in CVS... ?
Phil
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