Update ACPICA build instructions

Release build instruction file.
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Robert Moore 2018-06-07 07:13:08 -07:00
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@ -110,19 +110,21 @@ Build Unix versions of all software and utilities
generate/unix/make clean
generate/unix/make
NOTE: The following steps are obsolete, not used, but this is how to do it:
Generate sizes for the acpica library from generate/release/size.bat
Note: This step uses MS dumpbin(link) which is a part of the VC package.
It might not work unless the environment variables are set correctly.
Execute VC/vcvarsall.bat from the command line if necessary.
Sizes appear in the files size_rel.txt and size_dbg.txt
Integrate code/data and debug/nodebug sizes into the release notes.
Write the release notes
Generate sizes for the acpica library from generate/release/size.bat
Note: This step uses MS dumpbin(link) which is a part of the VC package.
It might not work unless the environment variables are set correctly.
Execute VC/vcvarsall.bat from the command line if necessary.
Sizes appear in the files size_rel.txt and size_dbg.txt
Integrate code/data and debug/nodebug sizes into the release notes.
Add the release notes to the documents/changes.txt document via Word.
Note: From Word, use "Save As", then check the "MS-DOS" and
"Insert line breaks" boxes before saving.
Checkin documents/changes.txt
Checkin the new version number, source/include/acpixf.h
Checkin documents/changes.txt, message "Logfile: Changes for version yyyymmdd"
Checkin the new version number, source/include/acpixf.h "Update version to yyyymmdd"
Git push everything
Tag the version file with a name of the form Rmm_dd_yy