autodist <name> <version>
-Where the <name> is the distribution name. It is one of the distributions
-that was defined in distdir/ directory. The <version> is the version of
-the distribution that will be prepared. The version format is
+Where the <name> is the distribution name. It is one of the distributions
+that was defined in distdir/ directory. The <version> is the version of
+the distribution that will be prepared. The version format is
major.minor.build, for example 0.9.10. Example:
autodist client 0.9.15
-This prepares 'client' distribution of version 0.9.15. The package will
+This prepares 'client' distribution of version 0.9.15. The package will
have the version 0.9.15 automatically.
-NOTE: Those distribution that have RPM spec files you should specify the
+NOTE: Those distribution that have RPM spec files you should specify the
RPM release version to autodist also by doing the following:
autodist toolkit 1.1.2 0.fc7
-where the "0.fc7" will become the RPM release version. If you omit the
+where the "0.fc7" will become the RPM release version. If you omit the
release version the default currently is "0.fc7".
Configuring and compiling the distribution
==========================================
-When you prepare the distribution for releasing you should configure the
-distribution without any specific configuration options, hence just give
+When you prepare the distribution for releasing you should configure the
+distribution without any specific configuration options, hence just give
the command:
./configure
+NOTE: If you have SILC Toolkit installed to your system you must use
+the following command to configure the distribution, so that the Toolkit
+from the system is not used:
+
+ PKG_CONFIG=. ./configure
+
To compile the distribution, give command:
make
-If you want you can clear the environment first with make clean command,
+If you want you can clear the environment first with make clean command,
but this is not necessary.
Packaging the distribution
==========================
-After the distribution is prepared, configured and compiled it can be
+After the distribution is prepared, configured and compiled it can be
packaged with the following commands:
make -C doc dist-hook
makedist --bzip2
-The 'makedist --bzip2' creates the default 'tar.gz' and 'tar.bz2'
+The 'makedist --bzip2' creates the default 'tar.gz' and 'tar.bz2'
distribution.
-NOTE: Before giving this command, make sure that you do not have any of
+NOTE: Before giving this command, make sure that you do not have any of
the tests in the SILC source tree compiled. If they are the binaries
-will be included in the distribution which is not allowed. The tests are
+will be included in the distribution which is not allowed. The tests are
always located in the tests/ directory, for example lib/silccore/tests/.
-The tests are not compiled by default, but if you compiled them by
+The tests are not compiled by default, but if you compiled them by
yourself make sure you make clean them before creating the distribution.
NOTE: Same thing must be assured for silcer/ and tutorial/ sub
extra files. If you haven't compiled them after the CVS checkout, they do
not include any extra files.
-NOTE for 'toolkit' distribution: Running ./configure for toolkit
-distribution is not necessary. Toolkit is packaged simply by giving
+NOTE for 'toolkit' distribution: Running ./configure for toolkit
+distribution is not necessary. Toolkit is packaged simply by giving
command:
makedist
Before releasing the distribution
=================================
-Before releasing the distribution the created distribution must be tagged
-in the CVS so that it can be checkout at a later time, if needed. The tag
+Before releasing the distribution the created distribution must be tagged
+in the CVS so that it can be checkout at a later time, if needed. The tag
format is as follows:
silc_<name>_<version>
-Where <name> is the distribution name and <version> is the version of the
-distribution in following format: major_minor_build, for example 0_9_10.
+Where <name> is the distribution name and <version> is the version of the
+distribution in following format: major_minor_build, for example 0_9_10.
Example:
silc_client_0_9_15
-To tag the distribution go to the root of the SILC CVS source tree and
+To tag the distribution go to the root of the SILC CVS source tree and
give, for example, command:
cvs tag silc_client_0_9_15