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<div class="doc_title">How To Release LLVM To The Public</div>
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<li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li>
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<li><a href="#introduction">Release Timeline</a></li>
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<p>Written by <a href="mailto:rspencer@x10sys.com">Reid Spencer</a>,
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<a href="mailto:criswell@cs.uiuc.edu">John Criswell</a>,
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<a href="mailto:tonic@nondot.org">Tanya Lattner</a></p>
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<div class="doc_section"><a name="introduction">Introduction</a></div>
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This document collects information about successfully releasing LLVM to the
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public. It is the release manager's guide to ensuring that a high quality
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build of LLVM is released.
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The following is the basic criteria for releasing LLVM:
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<li>Successful configure and build.</li>
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<li>Clean 'make check'.</li>
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<li>No regressions in the testsuite from the previous release. This may
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include performance regressions for major benchmarks.</li>
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<div class="doc_section"><a name="process">Release Timeline</a></div>
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The release manager should attempt to have a release every 3-4 months because LLVM
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does time based releases (instead of feature based). The release schedule should
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be roughly as follows:
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<li>Set code freeze and branch creation date for 3 months after last release
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date. Announce release schedule to the LLVM community and update the website.</li>
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<li>Create release branch and begin release process. </li>
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<li>Send out pre-release for first round of testing. Testing will last 7-10 days.
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During the first round of testing, regressions should be found and fixed. Patches
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are merged from mainline to the release branch.</li>
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<li>Generate and send out second pre-release. Bugs found during this time will
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not be fixed unless absolutely critical. Bugs introduce by patches merged in
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will be fixed and if so, a 3rd round of testing is needed.</li>
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<li>The release notes should be updated during the first and second round of
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pre-release testing.</li>
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<li>Finally, release!</li>
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<div class="doc_section"><a name="process">Release Process</a></div>
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="overview">Process Overview</a></div>
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<li><a href="#branch">Create Release Branch</a></li>
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<li><a href="#verchanges">Update LLVM Version </a></li>
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<li><a href="#dist">Build the LLVM Source Distributions</a></li>
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<li><a href="#build">Build LLVM</a></li>
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<li><a href="#llvmgccbin">Build the LLVM GCC Binary Distribution</a></li>
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<li><a href="#rpm">Build RPM Packages (optional)</a></li>
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<li><a href="#check">Run 'make check'</a></li>
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<li><a href="#test">Run LLVM Test Suite</a></li>
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<li><a href="#prerelease">Pre-Release Testing</a></li>
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<li><a href="#tag">Tag the LLVM Release Branch</a></li>
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<li><a href="#updocs">Update Documentation</a></li>
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<li><a href="#updemo">Update the LLVM Demo Page</a></li>
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<li><a href="#webupdates">Update the LLVM Website</a></li>
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<li><a href="#announce">Announce the Release</a></li>
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="branch">Create Release Branch</a></div>
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<p>Branch the Subversion HEAD using the following procedure:</p>
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<p>Verify that the current Subversion HEAD is in decent shape by examining nightly
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tester results.</p></li>
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<p>Request all developers to refrain from committing. Offenders get commit
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rights taken away (temporarily).</p></li>
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<p> Create the release branch for <tt>llvm</tt>, <tt>llvm-gcc4.2</tt>, and
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the <tt>test-suite</tt>. The branch name will be <tt>release_XX</tt>,
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where <tt>XX</tt> is the major and minor release numbers. These branches can
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be created without checking out anything from subversion.
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svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/branches/release_<i>XX</i>
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svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm-gcc-4.2/trunk \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm-gcc-4.2/branches/release_<i>XX</i>
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svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/trunk \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/branches/release_<i>XX</i>
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<p>Advise developers they can work on Subversion HEAD again.</p></li>
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<li>
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<p>The Release Manager should switch to the release branch (as all changes
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to the release will now be done in the branch). The easiest way to do this
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is to grab another working copy using the following commands:</p>
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svn co https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/branches/release_<i>XX</i>
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svn co https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm-gcc-4.2/branches/release_<i>XX</i>
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svn co https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/branches/release_<i>XX</i>
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="verchanges">Update LLVM Version</a></div>
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After creating the LLVM release branch, update the release branches'
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autoconf/configure.ac version from X.Xsvn to just X.X. Update it on mainline
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as well to be the next version (X.X+1svn). Regenerated the configure script
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for both. This must be done for both llvm and the test-suite.
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<p>In addition, the version number of all the Bugzilla components must be
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updated for the next release.
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="dist">Build the LLVM Source Distributions</a></div>
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Create source distributions for LLVM, LLVM GCC, and the LLVM Test Suite by
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exporting the source from Subversion and archiving it. This can be done with
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the following commands:
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svn export https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/branches/release_<i>XX</i> llvm-X.X
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svn export https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/branches/release_<i>XX</i> llvm-test-X.X
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="build">Build LLVM</a></div>
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Build both debug and release (optimized) versions of LLVM on all
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platforms. Ensure the build is warning and error free on each platform.
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Note that when building the LLVM GCC Binary, use a release build of LLVM.
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="llvmgccbin">Build the LLVM GCC Binary Distribution</a></div>
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Creating the LLVM GCC binary distribution (release/optimized) requires
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performing the following steps for each supported platform:
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Build the LLVM GCC front-end by following the directions in the README.LLVM
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file. Be sure to build with LLVM_VERSION_INFO=X.X, where X is the major and
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minor release numbers.
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Copy the installation directory to a directory named for the specific target.
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For example on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the directory would be named
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<tt>llvm-gcc4.0-2.1-x86-linux-RHEL4</tt>. Archive and compress the new directory.
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="check">Run 'make check'</a></div>
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Using the newly built llvm-gcc and llvm, reconfigure llvm to locate llvm-gcc.
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Run <tt>make check</tt> and ensure there are no unexpected failures. If there
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are, resolve the failures or file a bug. If there is a fix commited to mainline,
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merge back into the release branch, and restart testing by
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<a href="#build">re-building LLVM</a> and <a href="#build">llvm-gcc</a>. If no
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fix will be made, XFAIL the test and commit back to the release branch.
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Ensure that '<tt>make check</tt>' passes on all platforms for all targets. The
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test suite must complete with "0 unexpected failures" before sending out the
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pre-releases for testing.
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="test">LLVM Test Suite</a></div>
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Run the <tt>llvm-test</tt> suite and ensure there are no unacceptable
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failures. Unacceptable failures are regression from the previous release
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and (optionally) major performance regressions from the previous release.
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If a regression is found a bug is filled, but the pre-releases may still go
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out.</p>
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="rpm">Building RPM packages (optional)</a></div>
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You can, optionally, create source and binary RPM packages for LLVM. These may
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make it easier to get LLVM into a distribution. This can be done with the
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following commands:
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make dist # Build the distribution source tarball
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make dist-check # Check that the source tarball can build itself.
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cp llvm-M.m.tar.gz /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES # Required by rpmbuild
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make srpm # for source rpm
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make rpm # for binary rpm
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</pre>
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</div>
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<p>
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First, use <tt>make dist</tt> to simply build the distribution. Any failures
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need to be corrected (on the branch). Once <tt>make dist</tt> can be
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successful, do <tt>make dist-check</tt>. This target will do the same thing as
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the 'dist' target but also test that distribution to make sure it can build
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itself and runs <tt>make check</tt> as well. This ensures that needed files
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are not missing and that the src tarball can be successfully unpacked, built,
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installed, and cleaned. Once you have a reliable tarball, you need to copy it
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to the <tt>/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES</tt> directory which is a requirement of
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the rpmbuild tool. The last two <tt>make</tt> invocations just run rpmbuild to
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build either a source (<tt>srpm</tt>) or binary (<tt>rpm</tt>) RPM package.
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</p>
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="prerelease">Pre-Release Testing</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>
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Once all testing has been completed and appropriate bugs filed, the pre-release
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tar balls may be put on the website and the LLVM community is notified. Ask that
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all LLVM developers test the release in 2 ways:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Download llvm-X.X, llvm-test-X.X, and the appropriate llvm-gcc4 binary.
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Run "make check" and the full llvm-test suite (make TEST=nightly report).<li>
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<li>Download llvm-X.X, llvm-test-X.X, and the llvm-gcc4 source. Compile
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everything. Run "make check" and the full llvm-test suite (make TEST=nightly
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report).</li>
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</ol>
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<p>Ask LLVM developers to submit the report and make check results to the list.
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Verify that there are no regressions from the previous release. For
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unsupported targets, verify that make check at least is clean.</p>
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<p>The first round of pre-release testing will be the longest. During this time,
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all regressions must be fixed before the second pre-release is created (repeat
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steps 4-8).</p>
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<p>If this is the second round of testing, this is only to ensure the bug fixes
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previously merged in have not created new major problems. This is not the time
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to solve additional and unrelated bugs. If no patches are merged in, the release
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is determined to be ready and the release manager may move onto the next step.</p>
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</div>
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2007-09-28 22:50:54 +00:00
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<!-- ======================================================================= -->
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="tag">Tag the Release Branch</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>Tag the release branch using the following procedure:</p>
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<div class="doc_code">
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<pre>
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svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/branches/release_XX \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/tags/RELEASE_<i>XX</i>
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svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm-gcc-4.2/branches/release_XX \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm-gcc-4.2/tags/RELEASE_<i>XX</i>
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svn copy https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/branches/release_XX \
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https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/test-suite/tags/RELEASE_<i>XX</i>
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</pre>
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</div>
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</div>
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2007-09-28 22:50:54 +00:00
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<!-- ======================================================================= -->
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="updocs">Update Documentation</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>
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Review the documentation and ensure that it is up to date. The Release Notes
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must be updated to reflect bug fixes, new known issues, and changes in the
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list of supported platforms. The Getting Started Guide should be updated to
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reflect the new release version number tag avaiable from Subversion and
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changes in basic system requirements. Merge both changes from mainline into
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the release branch.
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</p>
|
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</div>
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<!-- ======================================================================= -->
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="updemo">Update the LLVM Demo Page</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>
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The LLVM demo page must be updated to use the new release. This consists of
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|
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using the llvm-gcc binary and building LLVM. Update the website demo page
|
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|
|
configuration to use the new release.</p>
|
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</div>
|
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<!-- ======================================================================= -->
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<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="webupdates">Update the LLVM Website</a></div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<p>
|
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The website must be updated before the release announcement is sent out. Here is
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what to do:</p>
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<ol>
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<li> Check out the <tt>website</tt> module from CVS. </li>
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<li> Create a new subdirectory X.X in the releases directory. </li>
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<li> Commit the <tt>llvm</tt>, <tt>test-suite</tt>, <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> source,
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and <tt>llvm-gcc</tt> binaries in this new directory. </li>
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<li> Copy and commit the <tt>llvm/docs</tt> and <tt>LICENSE.txt</tt>
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files into this new directory. The docs should be built with BUILD_FOR_WEBSITE=1.</li>
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<li> Commit the index.html to the release/X.X directory to redirect (use from previous
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release. </li>
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<li> Update the <tt>releases/download.html</tt> file with the new release. </li>
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|
<li>Update the <tt>releases/index.html</tt> with the new release and link to
|
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|
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release documentation.</li>
|
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|
<li> Finally, update the main page (<tt>index.html</tt> and sidebar) to
|
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|
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point to the new release and release announcement. Make sure this all gets
|
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|
|
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commited back into Subversion.</li>
|
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|
|
</ol>
|
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|
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</div>
|
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|
2007-09-28 22:50:54 +00:00
|
|
|
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
|
|
|
|
|
<div class="doc_subsection"><a name="announce">Announce the Release</a></div>
|
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|
|
|
<div class="doc_text">
|
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|
|
|
<p>Have Chris send out the release announcement when everything is finished.</p>
|
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|
|
|
</div>
|
|
|
|
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|
2006-04-11 21:59:37 +00:00
|
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<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
|
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|
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|
<div class="doc_section"><a name="dist_targets">Distribution Targets</a></div>
|
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|
|
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<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
|
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|
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2006-04-11 21:59:37 +00:00
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<!-- ======================================================================= -->
|
|
|
|
|
<div class="doc_subsection">Overview</div>
|
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|
|
|
<div class="doc_text">
|
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|
|
|
<p>
|
|
|
|
|
The first thing you need to understand is that there are multiple make targets
|
|
|
|
|
to support this feature. Here's an overview, we'll delve into the details
|
|
|
|
|
later.
|
|
|
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
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|
<ul>
|
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<li><b>distdir</b> - builds the distribution directory from which the
|
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|
|
distribution will be packaged</li>
|
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|
<li><b>dist</b> - builds each of the distribution tarballs (tar.gz,
|
|
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|
|
tar.bzip2, .zip). These can be built individually as well, with separate
|
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|
|
|
targets.</li>
|
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|
|
|
<li><b>dist-check</b> - this is identical to <tt>dist</tt> but includes a
|
|
|
|
|
check on the distribution that ensures the tarball can: unpack
|
|
|
|
|
successfully, compile correctly, pass '<tt>make check</tt>', and pass
|
|
|
|
|
'<tt>make clean</tt>'.</li>
|
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|
|
<li><b>dist-clean</b>- this just does a normal clean but also cleans up the
|
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|
|
|
stuff generated by the other three <tt>dist</tt> targets (above).</li>
|
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|
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
<p>
|
|
|
|
|
Okay, that's the basic functionality. When making a release, we want to ensure
|
|
|
|
|
that the tree you build the distribution from passes
|
|
|
|
|
<tt>dist-check</tt>. Beyond fixing the usual bugs, there is generally one
|
|
|
|
|
impediment to making the release in this fashion: missing files. The
|
|
|
|
|
<tt>dist-check</tt> process guards against that possibility. It will either
|
|
|
|
|
fail and that failure will indicate what's missing, or it will succeed meaning
|
|
|
|
|
that it has proved that the tarballs can actually succeed in building LLVM
|
|
|
|
|
correctly and that it passes <tt>make check</tt>.
|
|
|
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
|
</div>
|
|
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|
2006-04-11 21:59:37 +00:00
|
|
|
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
|
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|
|
|
|
2006-04-11 21:59:37 +00:00
|
|
|
<div class="doc_subsection">distdir</div>
|
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|
|
|
<div class="doc_text">
|
|
|
|
|
<p>
|
|
|
|
|
This target builds the distribution directory which is the directory from
|
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|
|
|
which the tarballs are generated. The distribution directory has the same
|
|
|
|
|
name as the release, e.g. LLVM-1.7). This target goes through the following
|
|
|
|
|
process:
|
|
|
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
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|
|
|
<li>First, if there was an old distribution directory (for the current
|
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|
|
|
release), it is removed in its entirety and you see <tt>Removing old
|
|
|
|
|
LLVM-1.7</tt></li>
|
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|
|
|
<li>Second, it issues a <tt>make all ENABLE_OPTIMIZED=3D1</tt> to ensure
|
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|
|
|
that the everything in your tree can be built in release mode. Often
|
|
|
|
|
times there are discrepancies in building between debug and release
|
|
|
|
|
modes so it enforces release mode first. If that fails, the
|
|
|
|
|
<tt>distdir</tt> target fails too. This is preceded by the message
|
|
|
|
|
<tt>Making 'all' to verify build</tt>.</li>
|
|
|
|
|
<li>Next, it traverses your source tree and copies it to a new directory
|
|
|
|
|
that has the name of the release (<tt>LLVM-M.m</tt> in our current
|
|
|
|
|
case). This is the directory that will get tar'd. It contains all the
|
|
|
|
|
software that needs to be in the distribution. During the copying
|
2007-07-25 06:15:23 +00:00
|
|
|
process, it omits generated files, SVN directories, and any other
|
2007-07-23 04:41:42 +00:00
|
|
|
"cruft" that's in your build tree. This is done to eliminate the
|
|
|
|
|
possibility of huge distribution tarballs that include useless or
|
|
|
|
|
irrelevant stuff in them. This is the trickiest part of making the
|
|
|
|
|
distribution. Done manually you will either include stuff that
|
|
|
|
|
shouldn't be in the distribution or exclude stuff that should. This
|
|
|
|
|
step is preceded by the message <tt>Building Distribution Directory
|
|
|
|
|
LLVM-1.7</tt></li>
|
|
|
|
|
<li>The distribution directory is then traversed and all <tt>CVS</tt> or
|
|
|
|
|
<tt>.svn</tt> directories are removed. You see: <tt>Eliminating CVS/.svn
|
|
|
|
|
directories from distribution</tt></li>
|
|
|
|
|
<li>The recursive <tt>dist-hook</tt> target is executed. This gives each
|
|
|
|
|
directory a chance to modify the distribution in some way (more on this
|
|
|
|
|
below).</li>
|
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|
|
|
<li>The distribution directory is traversed and the correct file
|
|
|
|
|
permissions and modes are set based on the type of file.</li>
|
|
|
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<p>
|
|
|
|
|
To control the process of making the distribution directory correctly, each
|
|
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|
|
Makefile can utilize two features:
|
|
|
|
|
</p>
|
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|
|
<ol>
|
|
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|
|
<li><b><tt>EXTRA_DIST</tt></B> - this make variable specifies which files
|
|
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|
|
it should distribute. By default, all source files are automatically
|
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|
|
included for distribution as well as certain <tt>well known</tt> files
|
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|
(see DistAlways variable in Makefile.rules for details). Each Makefile
|
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|
|
specifies, via the <tt>EXTRA_DIST</tt> variable, which additional files
|
|
|
|
|
need to be distributed. Only those files that are needed to build LLVM
|
|
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|
|
should be added to <tt>EXTRA_DIST</tt>. <tt>EXTRA_DIST</tt> contains a
|
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|
|
|
list of file or directory names that should be distributed. For example,
|
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|
|
the top level Makefile contains <tt>EXTRA_DIST := test llvm.spec
|
|
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|
|
include</tt>. This means that in addition to regular things that are
|
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|
|
distributed at the top level (<tt>CREDITS.txt, LICENSE.txt</tt>, etc.)
|
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|
|
the distribution should contain the entire <tt>test</tt> and
|
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|
|
<tt>include</tt> directories as well as the <tt>llvm.spec</tt> file.</li>
|
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|
|
<li><b><tt>dist-hook</tt></B> - this make target can be used to alter the
|
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|
|
content of the distribution directory. For example, in the top level
|
|
|
|
|
Makefile there is some logic to eliminate files in the <tt>include</tt>
|
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|
|
subtree that are generated by the configure script. These should not be
|
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|
|
distributed. Similarly, any <tt>dist-hook</tt> target found in any
|
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|
|
directory can add or remove or modify things just before it gets
|
|
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|
|
packaged. Any transformation is permitted. Generally, not much is
|
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|
|
needed.</li>
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|
|
</ol>
|
|
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|
<p>
|
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|
You will see various messages if things go wrong:
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|
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|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
<ol>
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|
|
<li>During the copying process, any files that are missing will be flagged
|
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|
|
with: <tt>===== WARNING: Distribution Source 'dir/file' Not Found!</tt>
|
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|
|
These must be corrected by either adding the file or removing it from
|
|
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|
|
<tt>EXTRA_DIST</tt>.</li>
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|
|
<li>If you build the distribution with <tt>VERBOSE=1</tt>, then you might
|
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|
|
also see: <tt>Skipping non-existent 'dir/file'</tt> in certain cases
|
|
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|
|
where it's okay to skip the file.</li>
|
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|
|
|
<li>The target can fail if any of the things it does fail. Error messages
|
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|
|
|
should indicate what went wrong.</li>
|
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|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
|
</div>
|
|
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|
|
2006-04-11 21:59:37 +00:00
|
|
|
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
|
|
|
|
|
<div class="doc_subsection">dist</div>
|
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|
|
|
<div class="doc_text">
|
|
|
|
|
<p>
|
|
|
|
|
This target does exactly what <tt>distdir</tt> target does, but also includes
|
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|
|
assembling the tarballs. There are actually four related targets here:
|
|
|
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006-04-11 21:59:37 +00:00
|
|
|
<ul>
|
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|
|
|
<li><b><tt>dist-gzip</tt></b>: package the gzipped distribution tar
|
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|
|
|
file. The distribution directory is packaged into a single file ending
|
|
|
|
|
in <tt>.tar.gz</tt> which is gzip compressed.</li>
|
2006-04-11 21:59:37 +00:00
|
|
|
<li><b><tt>dist-bzip2</tt></b>: package the bzip2 distribution tar file.
|
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|
|
|
The distribution directory is packaged into a single file ending in
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|
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|
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<tt>.tar.bzip2</tt> which is bzip2 compressed.</li>
|
2006-04-11 21:59:37 +00:00
|
|
|
<li><b><tt>dist-zip</tt></b>: package the zip distribution file. The
|
2007-07-23 04:41:42 +00:00
|
|
|
distribution directory is packaged into a single file ending in
|
|
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|
|
<tt>.zip</tt> which is zip compressed.</li>
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This target checks the distribution. The basic idea is that it unpacks the
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been built, builds the gzip tar bundle (see dist and distdir
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creating <tt>LLVM-1.7</tt> directory (from the tarball).</li>
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<li>in the build subdirectory, it configures with appropriate options to
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build from the unpacked source tarball into the <tt>build</tt> directory
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with installation in the <tt>install</tt> directory.</li>
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<pre>===== LLVM-1.7.tar.gz Ready For Distribution =====</pre>
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distribution.
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amount of disk space your build tree is using. You might want to check
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available space before you begin.
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In addition to doing a normal <tt>clean</tt>, this target will clean up the
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files and directories created by the distribution targets. In particular the
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distribution directory (<tt>LLVM-X.X</tt>), check directory
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(<tt>_distcheckdir</tt>), and the various tarballs will be removed. You do
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this after the release has shipped and you no longer need this stuff in your
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build tree.
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