- Make sure the Makefile is up-to-date before running "make gen".

- The release-rsync script now creates the generated patches in a
  separate dir from the normal patches.

packaging/release-rsync

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ if ($diffdir ne $dest) {
 }
 
 print "Creating $diff_file ...\n";
-system "make gen; rsync -a @extra_files b/";
+system "./config.status Makefile; make gen; rsync -a @extra_files b/";
 my $sed_script = 's:^((---|\+\+\+) [ab]/[^\t]+)\t.*:\1:';
 system "(git diff v$lastversion v$version; diff -up a b | sed -r '$sed_script') | gzip -9 >$diff_file";
 system "rm -rf a";
@@ -250,11 +250,10 @@ system "git archive --format=tar --prefix=rsync-$version/ v$version | tar xf -";
 system "support/git-set-file-times --prefix=rsync-$version/";
 system "fakeroot tar czf $srctar_file rsync-$version; rm -rf rsync-$version";
 
-system "support/patch-update --gen";
-
-symlink('.', "rsync-$version");
-system "fakeroot tar chzf $pattar_file rsync-$version/patches";
-unlink("rsync-$version");
+mkdir("rsync-$version", 0755);
+mkdir("rsync-$version/patches", 0755);
+system "support/patch-update --gen=rsync-$version/patches";
+system "fakeroot tar chzf $pattar_file rsync-$version/patches; rm -rf rsync-$version";
 
 print "Updating the other files in $dest ...\n";
 system "rsync -a README NEWS OLDNEWS TODO $dest";

support/patch-update

@@ -7,7 +7,16 @@
 
 use strict;
 
-die "No 'patches' directory present in the current dir.\n" unless -d 'patches';
+my $patches_dir = 'patches';
+my $incl_generated_files;
+
+if (@ARGV && $ARGV[0] =~ /^--gen(?:=(\S+))?$/) {
+    $patches_dir = $1 if defined $1;
+    $incl_generated_files = 1;
+    shift;
+}
+
+die "No '$patches_dir' directory was found.\n" unless -d $patches_dir;
 die "No '.git' directory present in the current dir.\n" unless -d '.git';
 
 my @extra_files;
@@ -23,13 +32,11 @@ while (<IN>) {
 }
 close IN;
 
-my $incl_generated_files = shift if @ARGV && $ARGV[0] eq '--gen';
-
 system "git checkout master" and exit 1;
 if ($incl_generated_files) {
     die "'a' must not exist in the current directory.\n" if -e 'a';
     die "'b' must not exist in the current directory.\n" if -e 'b';
-    system "make gen && rsync -a @extra_files a/" and exit 1;
+    system "./config.status Makefile && make gen && rsync -a @extra_files a/" and exit 1;
 }
 my $last_touch = time;
 
@@ -110,7 +117,7 @@ sub update_patch
 	system "git checkout --track -b patch/$patch origin/patch/$patch" and exit 1;
     }
 
-    open(OUT, '>', "patches/$patch.diff") or die $!;
+    open(OUT, '>', "$patches_dir/$patch.diff") or die $!;
     print OUT $description{$patch}, "\n";
 
     if (system("git rebase -m $parent") != 0) {
@@ -120,7 +127,7 @@ sub update_patch
     }
 
     if ($incl_generated_files) {
-	system "make gen && rsync -a @extra_files b/" and exit 1;
+	system "./config.status Makefile && make gen && rsync -a @extra_files b/" and exit 1;
     }
     $last_touch = time;