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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2009-05-01 17:55:11 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2009-05-01 17:55:11 +0200
commit120118c7d82d2705d22f136d34957b1b586a1198 (patch)
tree5d2bf17e72da19f0a19daea7211383bfb56470fd /README-release
parent875cae47a975df4721d1c492c03799535f5cf2f6 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-120118c7d82d2705d22f136d34957b1b586a1198.tar.xz
maint: tweak release-building notes
* README-release: Specify -j1 on the command to run all tests. Otherwise, running some in parallel would cause failures, e.g., for rm/ext3-perf and tail-2/assert-2.
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ FIXME: enable excluded programs like arch? to get their manual pages?
On at least one SELinux-enabled (enforcing) and one non-SELinux system,
run all tests, both root-only and regular.
Run *all* non-root tests, including expensive and very expensive ones i.e.,
- run this: make check RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes
+ run this: make -j1 check RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes
Run the root-only tests:
sudo env PATH="$PATH" NON_ROOT_USERNAME=$USER make -k check-root
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ FIXME: enable excluded programs like arch? to get their manual pages?
* Run "make distcheck"
* Manually set the date, version number, and [stable/alpha/beta] on
- line 3 of NEWS, then do this:
+ line 3 of NEWS, then do e.g.,:
- v=7.1
+ v=7.3
git commit -F <(printf 'version '$v'\n\n* NEWS: Record release date.\n') -a
git tag -s -m "coreutils $v" v$v HEAD