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2009/1/1 Craig A. Berry <craig.a.berry@gmail.com>: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:11 PM, demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> wrote: > >> When built within a git repository git is queried directly. When built from a >> snapshot or bundle it is assumed that the source is unchanged, and that >> the required details are avaialble in a file called .patch > > What happens when building from a release tarball? Will generating > the .patch file become part of cutting a release? Yes that was my thinking. Although we havent gotten that far yet, and maybe plans will change. > If not, it looks > like the build will fail because make_patchnum.sh tests for .patch and > otherwise uses git. Apologies if this scenario has been covered some > way I'm not seeing. No no, please point out any flaws that you think might be present in our plans. Yves -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"Thread Previous | Thread Next