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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2000-09-25 10:49:35 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2000-09-25 10:49:35 +0000
commit2da0b155371a67b0fcdf4f5ff094d047ba44cc3c (patch)
tree10316d134c703b7b053c8b0099a470542555fea8 /Makefile.maint
parent9191f089b9f63ac11a14cc05f0d46833d23c85a1 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-2da0b155371a67b0fcdf4f5ff094d047ba44cc3c.tar.xz
(PREV_VERSION): Get the value from a file, rather
than trying to derive it from the current version number. This is much more robust. (alpha): Record just-released version number in `.version', and commit (post-tag).
Diffstat (limited to 'Makefile.maint')
-rw-r--r--Makefile.maint4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile.maint b/Makefile.maint
index ae94ead8d..7acdcd277 100644
--- a/Makefile.maint
+++ b/Makefile.maint
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ my-distcheck: writable-files po-check
THIS_VERSION_REGEXP = $(subst .,\.,$(VERSION))
# FIXME: this works only for Gnits-style test releases.
-PREV_VERSION := $(shell echo $(VERSION)|tr b-z a-y|sed 's/a$$//')
+PREV_VERSION := $(shell cat .version)
PREV_VERSION_REGEXP := $(shell echo $(PREV_VERSION)|sed 's/\./\\./g')
v = Version
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ alpha: writable-files po-check
&& xdelta delta -9 $(prev-tgz) $(distdir).tar.gz $(xd-delta) || :
ln $(release-archive-dir)/$(xd-delta) .
chmod a-w $(release-archive-dir)/$(xd-delta)
+ echo $(VERSION) > .version
+ cvs ci -m. .version
@echo =====================================
@echo =====================================
@echo 'scp $(xd-delta) $(distdir).tar.gz \'