gnulib/doc/build-automation.texi

@node Build robot for gnulib
@section Build robot for gnulib

To simplify testing on a wide set of platforms, gnulib is built on
many platforms every day and the results are uploaded to:

@url{http://autobuild.josefsson.org/gnulib/}

If you wish to help the gnulib development effort with build logs for
your favorite platform, you may perform these steps:

@enumerate

@item Create gnulib directory

On a machine with GNU development tools installed and with a gnulib
git checkout, use

@example
gnulib-tool --create-megatestdir --with-tests --dir=...
@end example

Note: The created directory uses ca. 512 MB on disk.

@item Transfer gnulib directory

Transfer this directory to a build machine (HP-UX, Cygwin, or
whatever).  Often it is easier to transfer one file, and this can be
achieved by running, inside the directory the following commands:

@example
./configure
make dist
@end example

And then transferring the @file{dummy-0.tar.gz} file.

@item Build modules

On the build machine, run ./do-autobuild (or "nohup ./do-autobuild").
It creates a directory @file{logs/} with a log file for each module.

@item Submit build logs

Submit each log file to Simon's site, either through a

@example
mail `echo gnulib__at__autobuild.josefsson.org | sed -e s/__at__/@@/`
@end example

or through netcat

@example
autobuild-submit logs/*
@end example

@end enumerate