Re: [PATCH 0/6] More automation in the release procedure

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 12/08/2012 09:42 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> Hello automakers.
> 
> After some rounds of testing of 'maint', today I decided the time was
> almost ripe for a 1.12.6 release.  Just after thinking that, I thought
> "Nooo, here it comes another load of clerical work required by the
> release process!".
> 
> Well, I guess that is a clear indicator of missing automation :-)
> We can and should do better.  So I wrote this patch series to somewhat
> lighten the burden of making a release.  While at it, I threw in some
> related tweaks and improvements.
> 
> I intended to push this by tomorrow.  Any objection, observation,
> suggestion?
> 
> Regards,
>   Stefano
> 
> -*-*-*-
> 
> Stefano Lattarini (6):
>   release: distinguish major and minor releases
>   release: generate a stub for the release announcement
>   sync: update files from upstream with "make fetch"
>   docs: copy the 'gendocs.sh' script from Texinfo CVS repository
>   docs: add rule to generate manuals for www.gnu.org
>   fetch: improve, and reduce code duplication
> 
>  .gitignore           |   2 +
>  HACKING              |  14 +-
>  Makefile.am          | 191 +++++++++++++++++------
>  lib/config.sub       |   8 +-
>  lib/gendocs.sh       | 434 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/gendocs_template |  87 +++++++++++
>  6 files changed, 678 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100755 lib/gendocs.sh
>  create mode 100644 lib/gendocs_template
> 
I've now pushed this series, plus the follow-up commit below.

Regards,
  Stefano

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Message-Id: <address@hidden>
From: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 21:45:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] maintcheck: prefer '$(am__cd)' over plain 'cd'

In a couple of rules in out own build system, as suggested by the
maintainer check 'sc_cd_relative_dir'.

* Makefile.am (web-manuals, clean_texinfo_clutter_cmd): Adjust.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
---
 Makefile.am | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ee1fdce..22a8fbd 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1000,8 +1000,8 @@ fetch:
 # The gendocs.sh script sadly leaves TeX and Texinfo auxiliary files
 # in the directory where it's invoked.
 clean_texinfo_clutter_cmd = \
-  cd doc && rm -f *.ac *.aux *.cm *.cp *.cps *.fn *.fns *.ky \
-                  *.log *.op *.pg *.toc *.tp *.tr *.vr *.vrs
+  $(am__cd) doc && rm -f *.ac *.aux *.cm *.cp *.cps *.fn *.fns *.ky \
+                         *.log *.op *.pg *.toc *.tp *.tr *.vr *.vrs

 clean-web-manuals:
        $(AM_V_at)rm -rf doc/web-manuals
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ web-manuals:
        $(AM_V_at)rm -rf doc/web-manuals
        $(AM_V_GEN): \
 ## The gendocs.sh script only works from the srcdir, sadly.
-         && cd $(srcdir)/doc \
+         && $(am__cd) $(srcdir)/doc \
          && GENDOCS_TEMPLATE_DIR=../lib \
          && export GENDOCS_TEMPLATE_DIR \
 ## Try to respect silent rules.
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