-.\" $OpenBSD: release.8,v 1.55 2008/06/22 20:54:51 ajacoutot Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: release.8,v 1.56 2008/08/23 07:05:40 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Marco S. Hyman
.\"
.\" LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
.\" FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: June 22 2008 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 23 2008 $
.Dt RELEASE 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
is also used and must not be configured.
.El
.Pp
-The floppy and
-.Tn CD-ROM
-.Pa RAMDISK
-images require a special tool which is created first.
The release process is:
.Pp
+Ensure
+.Va ${DESTDIR}
+exists as an empty directory and
+.Va ${RELEASEDIR}
+exists.
+.Va ${RELEASEDIR}
+need not be empty.
You must be root to create a release:
-.Pp
-.Dl $ su
-.Pp
-Create the special tools needed to build the release:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-# cd /usr/src/distrib/crunch && make obj && make depend \e
- && make all && make install
+$ su
# export DESTDIR=your-destdir; export RELEASEDIR=your-releasedir
# test -d ${DESTDIR} && mv ${DESTDIR} ${DESTDIR}- && \e
rm -rf ${DESTDIR}- &
# mkdir -p ${DESTDIR} ${RELEASEDIR}
.Ed
.Pp
-The last two steps ensure
-.Va ${DESTDIR}
-exists as an empty directory and
-.Va ${RELEASEDIR}
-exists.
-.Va ${RELEASEDIR}
-need not be empty.
-.Pp
Check that the contents of
.Va ${DESTDIR}
pretty much match the contents of the release