ProcedureMakingRelease < Lab

---+ Packaging a Tool for Release

You need these environmental variables set to work with the current CVS setup:
<code><div style="border-color: grey; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding:2px;">
export CVSROOT=":ext:local@barricklab.org:/bliss/cvs"<br>
export CVS_RSH="ssh"
</div></code>
Unfortunately, you are prompted for the password at every command with this setup.

Update your current version of the sources or commit your current changes to the repository.
<code><div style="border-color: grey; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding:2px;">
&gt; cvs commit -m "message" module
</div></code>

Add a revision tag to the repository. For now, use a vX style.
<code><div style="border-color: grey; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding:2px;">
&gt; cvs rtag vX_XX module
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Create an archive for posting on the website.
<code><div style="border-color: grey; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; padding:2px;">
&gt; cd &lt;directory containing module&gt;<br>
&gt; tar --exclude=.* --exclude=CVS -czvf module_vX.tgz module
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(The exclude statements are necessary to avoid .DS_Store files and the CVS directory.)

To Do: Switch over to [[http://subversion.tigris.org/][Subversion]].

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Topic revision: r2 - 2008-12-27 - 20:08:28 - Main.JeffreyBarrick