Re: bison?

[John Cremona <john.cremona@gmail.com>]

On 21 July 2010 17:13, Bill Allombert
<Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 04:47:14PM +0100, John Cremona wrote:
>> On 21 July 2010 12:51, Bill Allombert
>> <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> wrote:
>> That's very helpful -- thanks or explaining it.  (Perhaps Jason meant
>> the same thing, but I did not understand his reply).
>>
>> I am keen to use a recent svn because of some specific changes and
>> bugfixes.  Do you know when there will next be a proper PARI tarball
>> released, or can I make my own (as Jason suggested)?  (Is what "make
>> release means?)
>
> Yes, you can make your own.
> Do
> make bench
> make doc
> make alpha
> and you should get a tarball pari-2.4.3.alpha.tar.gz in the pari directory.
> The only issue is that this does not indicate the SVN version it is based on.

Thanks!

>
> Maybe we should add a target 'svnrelease' that include the SVN version in the
> tarball somehow.

That might be a good idea -- or just include the svn number after the
alpha?  If someone sends in a bug report based on such an aloha
release you'll need to know exactly which svn it is based on.

John

>
> Cheers,
> Bill.
>