Describe automake patch

diff --git a/README-alpha b/README-alpha
index 286936b5df1efa34a15dc064509d1c5663f07889..2eb08fe6c78e272614d9566d16fc2ea9775c2897 100644 (file)
--- a/README-alpha
+++ b/README-alpha
@@ -1,3 +1,112 @@
 This is a test release of GNU tar.
 
 Please send comments and problem reports to <bug-tar@gnu.org>.
+
+This release was built with GNU automake 1.5 patched as follows:
+
+2001-09-14  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+       * lib/am/distdir.am (REMOVE_DISTDIR):
+       New macro.  Do not change permission of non-directories.
+       (distdir, dist, dist-bzip2, dist-tarZ, dist-shar, dist-zip, dist-all,
+        distcheck): Use it.
+
+===================================================================
+RCS file: lib/am/distdir.am,v
+retrieving revision 1.5
+retrieving revision 1.5.0.1
+diff -pu -r1.5 -r1.5.0.1
+--- lib/am/distdir.am  2001/07/14 20:12:52     1.5
++++ lib/am/distdir.am  2001/09/15 05:12:18     1.5.0.1
+@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ else !%?TOPDIR_P%
+ ?DISTDIR?distdir = $(top_distdir)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
+ endif !%?TOPDIR_P%
+ 
++REMOVE_DISTDIR = \
++  { test ! -d $(distdir) \
++    || { find $(distdir) -type d ! -perm -200 -exec chmod u+w {} ';' \
++         && rm -fr $(distdir); }; }
++
+ distdir: $(DISTFILES)
+ ##
+ ## For Gnits users, this is pretty handy.  Look at 15 lines
+@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ endif %?TOPDIR_P%
+ ## Only for the top dir.
+ ##
+ if %?TOPDIR_P%
+-      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
++      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
+       mkdir $(distdir)
+ endif %?TOPDIR_P%
+ ##
+@@ -168,13 +173,13 @@ GZIP_ENV = --best
+ .PHONY: dist
+ dist: distdir
+       $(AMTAR) chof - $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).tar.gz
+-      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
++      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
+ 
+ if  %?BZIP2%
+ .PHONY: dist-bzip2
+ dist-bzip2: distdir
+       $(AMTAR) chof - $(distdir) | bzip2 -9 -c >$(distdir).tar.bz2
+-      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
++      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
+ endif  %?BZIP2%
+ 
+ 
+@@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ if  %?COMPRESS%
+ .PHONY: dist-tarZ
+ dist-tarZ: distdir
+       $(AMTAR) chof - $(distdir) | compress -c >$(distdir).tar.Z
+-      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
++      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
+ endif  %?COMPRESS%
+ 
+ 
+@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ if  %?SHAR%
+ .PHONY: dist-shar
+ dist-shar: distdir
+       shar $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).shar.gz
+-      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
++      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
+ endif  %?SHAR%
+ 
+ 
+@@ -199,7 +204,7 @@ if  %?ZIP%
+ dist-zip: distdir
+       -rm -f $(distdir).zip
+       zip -rq $(distdir).zip $(distdir)
+-      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
++      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
+ endif  %?ZIP%
+ 
+ endif %?TOPDIR_P%
+@@ -223,7 +228,7 @@ dist-all: distdir
+ ?SHAR?        shar $(distdir) | GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gzip -c >$(distdir).shar.gz
+ ?ZIP? -rm -f $(distdir).zip
+ ?ZIP? zip -rq $(distdir).zip $(distdir)
+-      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) >/dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
++      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
+ 
+ endif %?TOPDIR_P%
+ 
+@@ -239,8 +244,7 @@ if %?TOPDIR_P%
+ # tarfile.
+ .PHONY: distcheck
+ distcheck: dist
+-## Make sure we can remove distdir before trying to remove it.
+-      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) > /dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
++      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
+       GZIP=$(GZIP_ENV) gunzip -c $(distdir).tar.gz | $(AMTAR) xf -
+ ## Make the new source tree read-only.  Distributions ought to work in
+ ## this case.  However, make the top-level directory writable so we
+@@ -273,7 +277,7 @@ distcheck: dist
+         && (test `find . -type f -print | wc -l` -eq 0 \
+            || (echo "Error: files left after distclean" 1>&2; \
+                exit 1) )
+-      -chmod -R a+w $(distdir) > /dev/null 2>&1; rm -rf $(distdir)
++      $(REMOVE_DISTDIR)
+       @echo "$(distdir).tar.gz is ready for distribution" | \
+         sed 'h;s/./=/g;p;x;p;x'
+ endif %?TOPDIR_P%