From 3f0619138956aaeda44b26e2bf6c338fe7eac8d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexandre Oliva <lxoliva@fsfla.org>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 22:59:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Create LATEST-X.[0N] links when running the first X-rc

---
 mkgitrel.cln | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 mkgitrel.pub | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 mkgitrel.rel | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mkgitrel.cln b/mkgitrel.cln
index 214fdd1128e..5098b6d845f 100755
--- a/mkgitrel.cln
+++ b/mkgitrel.cln
@@ -45,8 +45,22 @@ elif test -h $reldir/LATEST-$rup.N; then
   prev0=$(readlink $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.0)
   prevn=$(readlink $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.N)
 else
-  echo Neither $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.0 nor $reldir/LATEST-$rup.N exist >&2
-  exit 1
+  case $rup in
+  *-rc*)
+    prevbase=$(echo "$cbr" | sed 's,\.[0-9]*$,,')
+    if test -h $reldir/LATEST-$prevbase.N; then
+      prev0=$(readlink $reldir/LATEST-$prevbase.N)
+      prevn=$prev0
+    else
+      echo $reldir/LATEST-$prevbase.N does not exit >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo Neither $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.0 nor $reldir/LATEST-$rup.N exist >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+  esac
 fi
 
 for up in linus stable; do
diff --git a/mkgitrel.pub b/mkgitrel.pub
index c851c30beaf..6c9ac901968 100755
--- a/mkgitrel.pub
+++ b/mkgitrel.pub
@@ -45,8 +45,22 @@ elif test -h $reldir/LATEST-$rup.N; then
   prev0=$(readlink $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.0)
   prevn=$(readlink $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.N)
 else
-  echo Neither $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.0 nor $reldir/LATEST-$rup.N exist >&2
-  exit 1
+  case $rup in
+  *-rc*)
+    prevbase=$(echo "$cbr" | sed 's,\.[0-9]*$,,')
+    if test -h $reldir/LATEST-$prevbase.N; then
+      prev0=$(readlink $reldir/LATEST-$prevbase.N)
+      prevn=$prev0
+    else
+      echo $reldir/LATEST-$prevbase.N does not exit >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo Neither $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.0 nor $reldir/LATEST-$rup.N exist >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+  esac
 fi
 
 DATE=$(git cat-file -p incr/v$rel |
diff --git a/mkgitrel.rel b/mkgitrel.rel
index 86a8028e29f..84e3c71103e 100755
--- a/mkgitrel.rel
+++ b/mkgitrel.rel
@@ -45,8 +45,22 @@ elif test -h $reldir/LATEST-$rup.N; then
   prev0=$(readlink $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.0)
   prevn=$(readlink $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.N)
 else
-  echo Neither $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.0 nor $reldir/LATEST-$rup.N exist >&2
-  exit 1
+  case $rup in
+  *-rc*)
+    prevbase=$(echo "$cbr" | sed 's,\.[0-9]*$,,')
+    if test -h $reldir/LATEST-$prevbase.N; then
+      prev0=$(readlink $reldir/LATEST-$prevbase.N)
+      prevn=$prev0
+    else
+      echo $reldir/LATEST-$prevbase.N does not exit >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo Neither $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.0 nor $reldir/LATEST-$rup.N exist >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+  esac
 fi
 
 if test -f linux-libre-$rel.check; then
@@ -108,6 +122,8 @@ ln -snfv $rel $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.N &&
 if test "$rup" = "$cbr"; then
   ln -nfv $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.N $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.0 &&
   ln -nfv $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.N $reldir/LATEST-${cbr%.*}.N
+elif test -n "$prevbase" && test ! -h $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.0; then
+  ln -nfv $reldir/LATEST-$prevbase.N $reldir/LATEST-$cbr.0
 fi &&
 
 git worktree remove logs/v$rel &&
-- 
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