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+#!/bin/sh
+# $Id: make-tar.sh,v 1.13 2015/05/16 17:12:45 tom Exp $
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2010-2013,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                #
+#                                                                            #
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a    #
+# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), #
+# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation  #
+# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, distribute    #
+# with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to #
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the  #
+# following conditions:                                                      #
+#                                                                            #
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in #
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                        #
+#                                                                            #
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR #
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,   #
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL    #
+# THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER      #
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING    #
+# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER        #
+# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                                                  #
+#                                                                            #
+# Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright     #
+# holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, #
+# use or other dealings in this Software without prior written               #
+# authorization.                                                             #
+##############################################################################
+# Construct a tar-file containing only the test tree as well as its associated
+# scripts.  The reason for doing that is to simplify distributing the test
+# programs as a separate package.
+
+CDPATH=:
+export CDPATH
+
+TARGET=`pwd`
+
+: ${PKG_NAME:=ncurses-examples}
+: ${ROOTNAME:=ncurses-test}
+: ${DESTDIR:=$TARGET}
+: ${TMPDIR:=/tmp}
+
+grep_assign() {
+	grep_assign=`egrep "^$2\>" "$1" | sed -e "s/^$2[ 	]*=[ 	]*//" -e 's/"//g'`
+	eval $2=\"$grep_assign\"
+}
+
+grep_patchdate() {
+	grep_assign ../dist.mk NCURSES_MAJOR
+	grep_assign ../dist.mk NCURSES_MINOR
+	grep_assign ../dist.mk NCURSES_PATCH
+}
+
+# The rpm spec-file in the ncurses tree is a template.  Fill in the version
+# information from dist.mk
+edit_specfile() {
+	sed \
+		-e "s/\\<MAJOR\\>/$NCURSES_MAJOR/g" \
+		-e "s/\\<MINOR\\>/$NCURSES_MINOR/g" \
+		-e "s/\\<YYYYMMDD\\>/$NCURSES_PATCH/g" $1 >$1.new
+	chmod u+w $1
+	mv $1.new $1
+}
+
+make_changelog() {
+	test -f $1 && chmod u+w $1
+	cat >$1 <<EOF
+`echo $PKG_NAME|tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'` ($NCURSES_MAJOR.$NCURSES_MINOR+$NCURSES_PATCH) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * snapshot of ncurses subpackage for $PKG_NAME.
+
+ -- `head -n 1 $HOME/.signature`  `date -R`
+EOF
+}
+
+# This can be run from either the subdirectory, or from the top-level
+# source directory.  We will put the tar file in the original directory.
+test -d ./test && cd ./test
+SOURCE=`cd ..;pwd`
+
+BUILD=$TMPDIR/make-tar$$
+trap "cd /; rm -rf $BUILD; exit 0" 0 1 2 5 15
+
+umask 077
+if ! ( mkdir $BUILD )
+then
+	echo "? cannot make build directory $BUILD"
+fi
+
+umask 022
+mkdir $BUILD/$ROOTNAME
+
+cp -p -r * $BUILD/$ROOTNAME/ || exit
+
+# Add the config.* utility scripts from the top-level directory.
+for i in . ..
+do
+	for j in config.guess config.sub install-sh tar-copy.sh
+	do
+		test -f $i/$j && cp -p $i/$j $BUILD/$ROOTNAME/
+	done
+done
+
+# Make rpm and dpkg scripts for test-builds
+grep_patchdate
+for spec in $BUILD/$ROOTNAME/package/*.spec
+do
+	edit_specfile $spec
+done
+for spec in $BUILD/$ROOTNAME/package/debian*
+do
+	make_changelog $spec/changelog
+done
+
+cp -p $SOURCE/NEWS $BUILD/$ROOTNAME
+
+# cleanup empty directories (an artifact of ncurses source archives)
+
+touch $BUILD/$ROOTNAME/MANIFEST 
+( cd $BUILD/$ROOTNAME && find . -type f -print |$SOURCE/misc/csort >MANIFEST )
+
+cd $BUILD || exit 
+
+# Remove build-artifacts.
+find . -name RCS -exec rm -rf {} \;
+find $BUILD/$ROOTNAME -type d -exec rmdir {} \; 2>/dev/null
+find $BUILD/$ROOTNAME -type d -exec rmdir {} \; 2>/dev/null
+find $BUILD/$ROOTNAME -type d -exec rmdir {} \; 2>/dev/null
+
+# There is no need for this script in the tar file.
+rm -f $ROOTNAME/make-tar.sh
+
+# Remove build-artifacts.
+find . -name "*.gz" -exec rm -rf {} \;
+
+# Make the files writable...
+chmod -R u+w .
+
+tar cf - $ROOTNAME | gzip >$DESTDIR/$ROOTNAME.tar.gz
+cd $DESTDIR
+
+pwd
+ls -l $ROOTNAME.tar.gz
+
+# vi:ts=4 sw=4