Appendix E. How to package and release OpenACS

  1. Check out the cvs tree. The files must be checked out through a cvs account with write access. In this example, the cvs user on openacs.org is implied from the ssh login information previously set up. It could be overridden via foobar@openacs.org.

    cd /tmp
    cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@openacs.org:/cvsroot checkout openacs-4
    

    Repeat with the dotlrn cvs tree.

    cd /tmp
    mkdir dotlrn-packages
    cd dotlrn-packages
    cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@dotlrn@openacs.org:/dotlrn-cvsroot checkout dotlrn-all
    
  2. Tag the tree.

    
    cd /tmp/openacs-4
    cvs tag openacs-5-0-0a1
    

    Tag dotLRN. Since the dotLRN packages aren't all in one module, we iterate through all of the modules. Log in first (cvs login) so that you don't have to log in for each module.

    
    cd /tmp/dotlrn-package
    for dir in $(ls); do cd $dir; cvs tag dotlrn-2-0-0a3; cd ..; done
    
  3. Make the tarball

    • openacs-core. 

      1. Go to a new working space and export the tagged files.

        mkdir /tmp/tarball
        cd /tmp/tarball
        cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@openacs.org:/cvsroot export -r openacs-5-0-0a1 -d openacs acs-core
        
      2. Generate the tarball

        
        cd /tmp/tarball
        rm -rf /tmp/tarball/openacs/CVS
        tar cz -f openacs-5.0.0a1.tar.gz openacs
        
    • dotlrn. 

      1. Go to a new working space and export the tagged files. (was getting errors here trying to use -d, so gave up and just moved things from openacs-4 to openacs at the end)

        mkdir /tmp/dotlrn-tarball
        cd /tmp/dotlrn-tarball
        cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@openacs.org:/cvsroot export \
          -r openacs-5-0-0a1 acs-core
        cd /tmp/dotlrn-tarball/openacs-4/packages
        cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@openacs.org:/cvsroot export \
          -r openacs-5-0-0a1 dotlrn-prereq
        cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@dotlrn.openacs.org:/dotlrn-cvsroot export \ 
          -r dotlrn-2-0-0a1 dotlrn-core
        cd /tmp/dotlrn-tarball
        mv openacs-4 openacs
        
      2. Copy the dotlrn install.xml file, which controls which packages are installed on setup, to the root location:

        
        cp /tmp/dotlrn-tarball/openacs-4/packages/dotlrn/install.xml /tmp/dotlrn-tarball/openacs
        
      3. Generate the tarball

        
        cd /tmp/tarball
        rm -rf /tmp/tarball/openacs-4/CVS
        tar cz -f dotlrn-2.0.0a1.tar.gz openacs
        
  4. Test the new tarball

  5. Update on the site

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