binutils snapshot builds

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi Jose,

On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 05:11:40PM +0200, Jose E. Marchesi wrote:
> I see that the name of the snapshot tarball for a version
> 
>   m4_define([BFD_VERSION], [2.42.50-fc12b44ec0e])
> 
> is
> 
>   binutils-2.42.50.tar.gz
> 
> What about having:
> 
>   binutils-2.42.50-fc12b44ec0e.tar.gz
> 
> This would allow for example to easily cache already downloaded
> snapshots on the client side.

Yeah, that is what we do for glibc. I assume it should then also
unpack in a binutils-2.42.50-fc12b44ec0e directory?

> Also, would it be possible to have a file README (or LATEST or MANIFEST
> or whatever) in the directory with a single line containing the name of
> the tarball?  This would ease automation.

Maybe that is a valid usecase for the md512.sum file?
Or does it have to be just the filename or a symlink to it.

Do you already have some automation for something similar?

Thanks,

Mark