>>>>> "David" == David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk> writes:

    >> 2. The distrib files (base.tgz, comp.tgz etc.) are only
    >>    generated if
    >> not existing! So, if you 'build.sh -u release' they will not be
    >> changed anyway!

    David> They have a dependency on the METALOG file, so if nothing
    David> has been rebuilt they won't be regenerated. (If you are
    David> building as root they should be done every time.

Hmm, I've just cvs-updated my 3 days old -current source tree and
'build.sh -u release'. It passed successfully, but the existing
base.tgz etc. were not touched! But there were relevant changes within
the source tree...

What METALOG log files are relevant for distrib file creation?

Markus.