bug#22070: Recreating release 1.6 from git

2015-12-01 Thread Doug Evans
Hi. Is there a recipe for recreating (as close as possible, but not necessarily identical to) the 1.6 release from git? There is a v1.6 tag so I can begin with that. It's the next step I'm not clear on. I can run the bootstrap script and get something that's buildable, but I'm left with, IIUC, al

bug#22070: Recreating release 1.6 from git

2015-12-01 Thread Eric Blake
On 12/01/2015 11:09 AM, Doug Evans wrote: > Hi. > > Is there a recipe for recreating (as close as possible, but not > necessarily identical to) the 1.6 release from git? Untested, but roughly: git checkout v1.6 ./bootstrap ./configure make dist > > There is a v1.6 tag so I can begin with that.

bug#22070: Recreating release 1.6 from git

2015-12-01 Thread Jim Meyering
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Doug Evans wrote: > Hi. > > Is there a recipe for recreating (as close as possible, but not > necessarily identical to) the 1.6 release from git? > > There is a v1.6 tag so I can begin with that. > It's the next step I'm not clear on. > I can run the bootstrap scri

bug#22070: Recreating release 1.6 from git

2015-12-01 Thread Doug Evans
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 12/01/2015 11:09 AM, Doug Evans wrote: >> Hi. >> >> Is there a recipe for recreating (as close as possible, but not >> necessarily identical to) the 1.6 release from git? > > Untested, but roughly: > > git checkout v1.6 > ./bootstrap > ./confi

bug#22070: Recreating release 1.6 from git

2015-12-01 Thread Doug Evans
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 1:33 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Doug Evans wrote: >> Hi. >> >> Is there a recipe for recreating (as close as possible, but not >> necessarily identical to) the 1.6 release from git? >> >> There is a v1.6 tag so I can begin with that. >> It's

bug#22070: Recreating release 1.6 from git

2015-12-01 Thread Doug Evans
Ok, last question and then you can close this. I'm trying to verify the correct version of gnulib is being used, but I can't see anything in the bootstrap script that guarantees this. E.g., I expected to find a gnulib commit id or tag or some such that specified the version of gnulib that was used

bug#22070: Recreating release 1.6 from git

2015-12-01 Thread Eric Blake
On 12/01/2015 04:00 PM, Doug Evans wrote: > Ok, last question and then you can close this. > > I'm trying to verify the correct version of gnulib is being used, > but I can't see anything in the bootstrap script that > guarantees this. E.g., I expected to find a gnulib commit id > or tag or some s