contrib/make-dist.sh: added new helper script

contrib/make-dist.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# This file creates dist tarball.
+# Optional autotools patches are applied for better toolchains
+# compatibility.
+#
+# Based on Debian SID baseline files as of April 2023.
+#
+
+if ! grep -Eq -e '^PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 \(bookworm\)"$' /etc/os-release
+then
+  echo "Only Debian 'bookworm' is suppoted by this script." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! autoconf --version | head -1 | grep -Eq -e ' 2\.71$' -
+then
+  echo "The only supported autoconf version is 2.71." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+
+tooldir=$(dirname $BASH_SOURCE) || exit 2
+test -n "$tooldir" || exit 2
+cd "$tooldir" || exit 2
+tooldir="$PWD" || exit 2
+cd "${tooldir}/.." || exit 2
+rootsrcdir="$PWD" || exit 2
+
+# Cleanup sources
+echo ''
+echo '*** Perfoming initial cleanup...'
+echo ''
+if [[ ! -f 'Makefile' ]] || ! make maintainer-clean
+then
+  # Makefile needed for initial cleanup
+  if [[ ! -f 'Makefile.in' ]] || [[ ! -f 'configure' ]] || ! ./configure || ! make maintainer-clean
+  then
+    rm -f po/Makefile || exit 3
+    # Build 'configure' to build Makefile for initial cleanup
+    autoreconf -fvi || exit 3
+    ./configure || exit 3
+    make maintainer-clean || exit 3
+  fi
+fi
+echo ''
+echo '** Initial cleanup completed.'
+echo ''
+
+# Copy latest autotools files
+echo ''
+echo '*** Copying autotools files...'
+echo ''
+autoreconf -fvi || exit 4
+echo ''
+echo '*** Perfoming intermediate cleanup...'
+echo ''
+./configure || exit 4
+make distclean || exit 4
+rm -f ./configure ./aclocal.m4 || exit 4
+rm -rf ./autom4te.cache || exit 4
+echo ''
+echo '** Initial intermediate completed.'
+echo ''
+
+# Patching local autotools files
+echo ''
+echo '*** Perfoming patching of local autotools files...'
+echo ''
+"$tooldir/fixes-libtool/apply-all.sh" || exit 5
+"$tooldir/fixes-autoconf/apply-all.sh" || exit 5
+echo ''
+echo '** Local autotools files patched.'
+echo ''
+
+# Build the configure and the related files with patches
+echo ''
+echo '*** Building patched configure and related files...'
+echo ''
+autoreconf -v || exit 6
+echo ''
+echo '** Patched build system ready.'
+echo ''
+
+# Build the configure and the related files with patches
+echo ''
+echo '*** Building dist tarball...'
+echo ''
+./configure || exit 7
+make dist || exit 7
+echo ''
+echo '** Dist tarball ready.'
+echo ''
+
+exit 0