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commit 1b27d8fc4ede2dd293b0a3cbdc5740a4e851f43e
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Jan 18 18:46:27 2026 -0600
FOR-RELEASE: Add item.
Thanks to Colin Watson and Ingo Schwarze for the report.
---
FOR-RELEASE | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/FOR-RELEASE b/FOR-RELEASE
index 905ceca05..96d48bd4f 100644
--- a/FOR-RELEASE
+++ b/FOR-RELEASE
@@ -69,5 +69,12 @@ This file describes how to prepare 'groff' for a new release.
* Run the "set-man-page-time-stamps" Makefile target from your build
directory to fix up the stamps on the man pages.
+* Build (and test!) a distribution archive with "make distcheck". It's
+ important to do this especially after tagging a first release
+ candidate, because this increments the version number visible in
+ installed file names (such as "/usr/share/groff/1.24.0") and in the
+ archive file, so that it unpacks to an appropriately named source
+ directory.
+
* groff 1.24.0: Edit the groff home page. Revise the sentence "Most
commands installed by groff recognize this option." to say "All".
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