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-rwxr-xr-xmake-dist18
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/make-dist b/make-dist
index 1b44f901c1..bc5874e6b7 100755
--- a/make-dist
+++ b/make-dist
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ make_tar=no
default_gzip=gzip
newer=""
with_tests=no
+changelog=yes
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
case "$1" in
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
"--no-check" )
check=no
;;
+ "--no-changelog" )
+ changelog=no
+ ;;
## This option tells make-dist to make the distribution normally, then
## remove all files older than the given timestamp file. This is useful
## for creating incremental or patch distributions.
@@ -115,6 +119,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
echo " --newer=TIME don't include files older than TIME"
echo " --no-check don't check for bad file names etc."
echo " --no-update don't recompile or do analogous things"
+ echo " --no-changelog don't generate the top-level ChangeLog"
echo " --snapshot same as --clean-up --no-update --tar --no-check"
echo " --tar make a tar file"
echo " --tests include the test/ directory"
@@ -277,11 +282,14 @@ fi
echo "Creating top directory: '${tempdir}'"
mkdir ${tempdir}
-if test -d .git; then
- echo "Making top-level ChangeLog"
- make ChangeLog CHANGELOG=${tempdir}/ChangeLog
-else
- echo "No repository, so omitting top-level ChangeLog"
+if [ "$changelog" = yes ]; then
+ if test -d .git; then
+ echo "Making top-level ChangeLog"
+ make ChangeLog CHANGELOG=${tempdir}/ChangeLog || \
+ { x=$?; echo "make ChangeLog FAILED (try --no-changelog?)" >&2; exit $x; }
+ else
+ echo "No repository, so omitting top-level ChangeLog"
+ fi
fi
### We copy in the top-level files before creating the subdirectories in