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authorStefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>2022-09-16 16:06:09 +0200
committerStefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>2022-09-16 16:14:43 +0200
commitd407bdfd01a8fa4a1a20b8b0f1d07629be4ae54f (patch)
tree59c3009cf7b9f0cb347b27767e43bca76f63b48c /admin
parentec2dfd110c407038ab1abc7fd713d37ada91edd9 (diff)
downloademacs-d407bdfd01a8fa4a1a20b8b0f1d07629be4ae54f.tar.gz
Add command to delete temporary markers in NEWS
* lisp/textmodes/emacs-news-mode.el (emacs-news-delete-temporary-markers): New command. * admin/make-tarball.txt: Update instructions.
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diff --git a/admin/make-tarball.txt b/admin/make-tarball.txt
index ad2aacb57a9..9a406b24fa1 100644
--- a/admin/make-tarball.txt
+++ b/admin/make-tarball.txt
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@ General steps (for each step, check for possible errors):
./autogen.sh
./configure --with-native-compilation && make
- For a release (as opposed to pretest), delete any left-over "---"
- and "+++" markers from etc/NEWS, as well as the "Temporary note"
- section at the beginning of that file, and commit etc/NEWS if it
- was modified. For a bug fix release (e.g. 28.2), delete any empty
- headlines too.
+ For a release (as opposed to pretest), visit etc/NEWS and use the
+ "M-x emacs-news-delete-temporary-markers" command to delete any
+ left-over "---" and "+++" markers from etc/NEWS, as well as the
+ "Temporary note" section at the beginning of that file, and commit
+ etc/NEWS if it was modified. For a bug fix release (e.g. 28.2),
+ delete any empty headlines too.
2. Regenerate the versioned ChangeLog.N and etc/AUTHORS files.