[CC += CGit] Hi Branden!
On 4/25/23 00:14, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > Hi Oliver, > > At 2023-04-24T22:40:23+0200, Oliver Corff wrote: >> I went to https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git today to >> download the rc4 tarball groff-1.23.0.rc4.tar.gz and unpacked the >> archive. > > I've made the same mistake myself! > > The official distribution archives are not available via the cgit > interface. cgit doesn't know about FSF deployment procedures and hasn't > been taught. Curious way to put it. I wondered something along those lines recently: Is it possible to teach cgit how to create a tarball? It would be nice if I just made a tag and cgit would do the automated process necessary for the tarball. Moreover, I considered not releasing tarballs anymore as a possibility, since one can produce them following some repeatable command. Would I be able to teach cgit to run $ make dist-gz And then find the tarball in ./.tmp/$(git describe).tar.gz ? Cheers, Alex > > As noted in the RC announcement email[1], you need to get the > distribution archive from the alpha.gnu.org website. > > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/groff/ > >> How do I configure the makefile? I fail to see a ./configure script. > > Carlos's response here was correct--you have to use the INSTALL.REPO > instructions if you want to build from the Git repository--but if you > want to provide feedback on the release candidate, then that's not the > procedure to follow. > > Regards, > Branden > > [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2023-04/msg00135.html -- <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> GPG key fingerprint: A9348594CE31283A826FBDD8D57633D441E25BB5
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