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+#!/bin/sh
+#$Id$
+#Copyright (c) 2012 Pierre Pronchery <khorben@defora.org>
+#This file is part of DeforaOS Devel scripts
+#This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+#
+#This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#TODO:
+#- no longer require config.sh
+
+
+
+#environment
+DEVNULL="/dev/null"
+#executables
+MAKE="make"
+RM="echo rm -f"
+TAR="tar"
+
+
+#functions
+#deforaos_release
+deforaos_release()
+{
+	version="$1"
+	PACKAGE=
+	VERSION=
+
+	[ -f "./config.sh" ] && . "./config.sh"
+	if [ -z "$PACKAGE" -o -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+		echo "deforaos-release.sh: Could not determine PACKAGE VERSION" 1>&2
+		return 2
+	fi
+	echo "deforaos-release.sh: Releasing $PACKAGE $VERSION"
+
+	if [ "$version" != "$VERSION" ]; then
+		echo "deforaos-release.sh: The version does not match" 1>&2
+		return 2
+	fi
+
+	echo "deforaos-release.sh: Creating the archive..."
+	$MAKE dist > $DEVNULL
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "deforaos-release.sh: Could not create the archive" 1>&2
+		return 2
+	fi
+
+	#check the archive
+	echo "deforaos-release.sh: Checking the archive..."
+	archive="$PACKAGE-$VERSION.tar.gz"
+	$TAR -xzf "$archive" > $DEVNULL &&
+		(cd "$PACKAGE-$VERSION" && $MAKE)
+	res=$?
+	$RM -r "$PACKAGE-$VERSION"
+	if [ $res -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "deforaos-release.sh: Could not validate the archive" 1>&2
+		return 2
+	fi
+}
+
+
+#usage
+_usage()
+{
+	echo "Usage: deforaos-release.sh version" 1>&2
+	return 1
+}
+
+
+#main
+while getopts "" name; do
+	case "$name" in
+		?)
+			_usage
+			exit $?
+			;;
+	esac
+done
+shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+	_usage
+	exit $?
+fi
+version="$1"
+
+deforaos_release "$version"