| Notes for Hackers |
| ----------------- |
| |
| Here are some quick notes, that may or may not evolve into something more |
| substantial over time. Development is preferably done via git merges. |
| |
| * git trees don't contain pre-built config/Makefiles/etc. You'll need to |
| run the following (in order): |
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| aclocal -I m4 |
| automake --add-missing --copy |
| autoconf |
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| You can also run "autoreconf -i" to perform these three stages. |
| |
| * Regression tests can be run as follows (try --help for more details): |
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| tests/runtests |
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| * Documentation is in SGML source in doc/ so don't edit *.8, *.5 directly. |
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| Prior to a new release: |
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| Update configure.ac with new version |
| commit git tree to appropriate branch (dev/master/topic) |
| perform a final tests/runtests on the tree |
| push tree up to git.kernel.org |
| prep tree for tarball (git archive) |
| sign tree with GPG and save signature |
| push archive up to kernel.org |
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| Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org> |
