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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#  Stage a release to the master server
+#
+#  (C) 2007 -- Tom Eastep (teastep@shorewall.net)
+#
+#
+#     This program is under GPL [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt]
+#
+#	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#	it under the terms of Version 2 of the GNU General Public License
+#	as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+#	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, write to the Free Software
+#	Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+#
+# Usage:
+#
+#       stage [-pclL6sxh] <version>
+#
+
+usage() {
+    echo "Usage: stage [-pclL6sxh] <version>"
+}
+
+rpm=
+rpm6=
+literpm=
+lite6rpm=
+perlrpm=
+shellrpm=
+
+DEST=
+USER="webadmin@mail.shorewall.net"
+SHOREWALL=shorewall
+COMMAND=scp
+
+STAGECOMMON=
+STAGELITE=
+STAGEXML=
+STAGEHTML=
+STAGE6=
+STAGE6LITE=
+PARTIAL=Yes
+BASE=
+
+done=
+
+case $1 in
+    -*)
+	;;
+    *)
+	STAGECOMMON=Yes
+	STAGEPERL=Yes
+	STAGESHELL=Yes
+	STAGELITE=Yes
+	STAGEXML=Yes
+	STAGEHTML=Yes
+	STAGE6=Yes
+	STAGE6LITE=Yes
+	PARTIAL=
+	done=Yes
+	;;
+esac
+
+while [ -z "$done" ]; do
+    [ $# -eq 0 ] && break
+
+    option=$1
+    case $option in
+	-*)
+	    option=${option#-}
+
+	    [ -z "$option" ] && break
+
+	    while [ -n "$option" ]; do
+		case $option in
+		    c*)
+			STAGECOMMON=Yes
+			option=${option#c}
+			;;
+		    l*)
+			STAGELITE=Yes
+			option=${option#l}
+			;;
+		    x*)
+			STAGEXML=Yes
+			option=${option#x}
+			;;
+		    h*)
+			STAGEHTML=Yes
+			option=${option#h}
+			;;
+		    6*)
+			STAGE6=Yes
+			option=${option#6}
+			;;
+		    L*)
+			STAGE6LITE=Yes
+			option=${option#L}
+			;;
+	    	    *)
+			usage
+			;;
+		esac
+	    done
+	    shift
+	    ;;
+	*)
+	    done=Yes
+	    ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+
+case $1 in
+    4.*Beta*|4.*RC*)
+	DEST="/srv/ftp/pub/private/development/${1%.*}/shorewall-$1"
+	SHOREWALL=shorewall
+	rpm=shorewall-${1%-*}-0${1#*-}.noarch.rpm
+	rpm6=shorewall6-${1%-*}-0${1#*-}.noarch.rpm
+	literpm=shorewall-lite-${1%-*}-0${1#*-}.noarch.rpm
+	lite6rpm=shorewall6-lite-${1%-*}-0${1#*-}.noarch.rpm
+	BASE=Yes
+	;;
+    4.4.*)
+	DEST="/srv/ftp/pub/private/${1%.*}/shorewall-$1"
+	SHOREWALL=shorewall
+	rpm=shorewall-${1}-0base.noarch.rpm
+	literpm=shorewall-lite-${1}-0base.noarch.rpm
+	rpm6=shorewall6-${1}-0base.noarch.rpm
+	lite6rpm=shorewall6-lite-${1}-0base.noarch.rpm
+	BASE=Yes
+	;;
+    *)
+	echo "Unknown Version $1" >&2
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+
+[ $# -eq 1 ] || { echo "Usage: $(basename $0) <version>"; exit 2; }
+
+if [ -z "$PATCHNUM" -a -d shorewall-common ]; then
+    echo "   ERROR: Paranoid to stage a base release when a patch release has been built in the current directory" >&2
+    exit 1 
+fi
+
+[ -d errata ] || mkdir errata
+
+[ -f known_problems.txt ] || echo "There are no known problems in Shorewall version $1" > known_problems.txt
+
+[ -n "$PARTIAL" -a -z "$STAGECOMMON" ]  && SHOREWALLDIR=shorewall || SHOREWALLDIR=$SHOREWALL-${1}
+
+cp $SHOREWALLDIR/releasenotes.txt releasenotes.txt
+
+if [ "$HOSTNAME" = lists ]; then
+	mkdir -p $DEST
+	[ -n "$BASE" ] && mkdir $DEST/base
+	COMMAND=cp
+else
+	ssh $USER mkdir -p $DEST
+	[ -n "$BASE" ] && ssh $USER mkdir -p $DEST/base
+	DEST=${USER}:${DEST}
+fi
+
+files="errata known_problems.txt releasenotes.txt patch-*-$1 ${1}.*"
+base=
+
+rm -f *-${1}*.asc
+
+for f in *-${1}.tar.bz2 *-${1}.tgz; do
+    /usr/bin/gpg -ab --batch --comment 'To verify this, you can download our public key at https://lists.shorewall.net/shorewall.gpg.key' $f
+done
+
+[ -n "$STAGE6" ]      && base="shorewall6-${1}.tar.*"                && files="$files shorewall6-${1}.*          $rpm6"
+[ -n "$STAGECOMMON" ] && base="$base shorewall-${1}.tar.*"           && files="$files shorewall-${1}.*           $rpm"
+[ -n "$STAGELITE" ]   && base="$base shorewall-lite-${1}.tar.*"      && files="$files shorewall-lite-${1}.*      $literpm"
+[ -n "$STAGE6LITE" ]  && base="$base shorewall6-lite-${1}.tar.*"     && files="$files shorewall6-lite-${1}.*     $lite6rpm"
+[ -n "$STAGEXML" ]    && base="$base shorewall-docs-xml-${1}.tar.*"  && files="$files shorewall-docs-xml-${1}.*"
+[ -n "$STAGEHTML" ]   && base="$base shorewall-docs-html-${1}.tar.*" && files="$files shorewall-docs-html-${1}.*"
+
+rpms=$(
+    for f in $files; do
+	case $f in
+	    *.rpm)
+		echo $f
+		;;
+	esac
+    done)
+
+[ -n "$rpms" ] && echo "RPMS=\"$rpms\"" && rpm --resign $rpms
+
+[ -n "$BASE" ] && $COMMAND $base $DEST/base
+
+$COMMAND -r $files $DEST