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diff --git a/release/checklist b/release/checklist new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2e27a4b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/release/checklist @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +Order for building binary distribution: + +1) Make tools on build machine +* Build/install libc and header files from mach and hurd. +* Build/install gcc (just LANGUAGES=c) +* Build/install binutils. + +2) Make everything for release; install both on build machine and dist dir. +* Build/install binutils again (now using new as and ld). +* Build/install gcc again. (only one stage necessary). +* Build/install libc again. +* Build/install everything else. + +See `release-steps' for Hurd source release steps. + +Checklist for binary image filesystems + +* Symlinks in /bin; esp. sh, awk, more, cc. +* Symlink /lib/libtermcap.a -> /lib/libncurses.a, termcap_g.a, + curses_g.a, curses.a. +* Symlink /lib/ld.so -> /lib/ld.so.1. +* Symlink . -> /usr. +* Make sure directories exist: /tmp, /var/run. +* Touch /var/log/wtmp. +* Check all symlinks to make sure they don't reference /gd4. +* Don't use absolute symlinks--make them all relative. +* Build some static fileutils: ls, ln, cp, mv, chmod. +* Make damn sure that we are only distributing the md5 libcrypt. +* Make sure /include/obstack.h is from libc and not binutils. +* Make sure there is no /include/i386. +* Make sure there is no /i486-gnu. +* Make sure we are using Hurd versions of su and uptime, not sh-utils. +* Make sure we are using Hurd fsck, not e2fs. +* Make install-dist from release dir. +* Make sure there is only a stubby resolv.conf in the distribution. +* Make sure /etc/fstab has no active members +* Make sure nethack is clean +* Make sure localtime is Factory +* Source code for Hurd and libc must be released. +* Remove .stamp files from binary tree. +* Chown everything root.wheel, mode 755/644. +* /tmp is 1777. +* Chown /games games.games. +* Check permissions on set[gu]id files in binary tree. + (login, su, addauth, setauth, ids, ps, w, vmstat, vminfo, rsh, rlogin, + games/lib/nethack/nethack) +* Check each directory for bogus cruft files. +* Especially delete .bash_history, .gnunfs*, and .stamp files, *~, *.rej +* Verify installation on bare machine. +* Make sure everything listed in SOURCES is on prep. +* Install release +* Post announcement + + +FSF Hurd machines need in addition to the INSTALL-binary installation: + +* our NFS translators +* our kernel +* sendmail.cf, /etc/aliases +* /home/* symlinks +* /etc/syslog.conf |