+2012-06-12 Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr>
+
+ announce-gen: VPATH issues
+ * build-aux/announce-gen (--srcdir): New option, used to trim the
+ $srcdir part of the path from $builddir to NEWS.
+ * top/maint.mk (announcement): Adjust.
+
2012-06-12 Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr>
gnu-web-doc-update: VPATH builds
if 0;
# Generate a release announcement message.
-my $VERSION = '2012-05-23 08:55'; # UTC
+my $VERSION = '2012-06-08 06:53'; # UTC
# The definition above must lie within the first 8 lines in order
# for the Emacs time-stamp write hook (at end) to update it.
# If you change this file with Emacs, please let the write hook
my %valid_release_types = map {$_ => 1} qw (alpha beta stable);
my @archive_suffixes = ('tar.gz', 'tar.bz2', 'tar.lzma', 'tar.xz');
+my $srcdir = '.';
sub usage ($)
{
my @types = sort keys %valid_release_types;
print $STREAM <<EOF;
Usage: $ME [OPTIONS]
-Generate an announcement message.
+Generate an announcement message. Run this from builddir.
OPTIONS:
The following are optional:
- --news=NEWS_FILE
+ --news=NEWS_FILE include the NEWS section about this release
+ from this NEWS_FILE; accumulates.
+ --srcdir=DIR where to find the NEWS_FILEs (default: $srcdir)
--bootstrap-tools=TOOL_LIST a comma-separated list of tools, e.g.,
autoconf,automake,bison,gnulib
--gnulib-version=VERSION report VERSION as the gnulib version, where
my ($news_file, $prev_version, $curr_version) = @_;
my $news_name = $news_file;
- $news_name =~ s|^\./||;
+ $news_name =~ s|^\Q$srcdir\E/||;
print "\n$news_name\n\n";
'gpg-key-id=s' => \$gpg_key_id,
'url-directory=s' => \@url_dir_list,
'news=s' => \@news_file,
+ 'srcdir=s' => \$srcdir,
'bootstrap-tools=s' => \$bootstrap_tools,
'gnulib-version=s' => \$gnulib_version,
'print-checksums!' => \$print_checksums_p,