[latex3-commits] [git/l3build] manifest: manifest: document ctan/manifest interaction (8f3c6a8)

[Will Robertson]

Repository : https://github.com/latex3/l3build
On branch  : manifest
Link       : https://github.com/latex3/l3build/commit/8f3c6a81828912f8ce040c60f57605668f8ae159

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commit 8f3c6a81828912f8ce040c60f57605668f8ae159
Author: Will Robertson <wspr81 at gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Dec 28 14:03:02 2017 +0800

    manifest: document ctan/manifest interaction


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8f3c6a81828912f8ce040c60f57605668f8ae159
 l3build.dtx |    9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/l3build.dtx b/l3build.dtx
index 505af08..0e97a7c 100644
--- a/l3build.dtx
+++ b/l3build.dtx
@@ -507,7 +507,14 @@
 % of flexibility. Additional information is described in Section~\ref{sec:manifest}.
 %
 % In order for \texttt{manifest} to detect derived and typeset files, it should be run
-% \emph{after} running \texttt{unpack} and \texttt{doc}.
+% \emph{after} running \texttt{unpack} and \texttt{doc}. If \texttt{manifest}
+% is run after also running \texttt{ctan} it will include the files included
+% in the CTAN and TDS directories as well.
+%
+% Presently, this means that if you wish to include an up-to-date manifest file
+% as part of a \texttt{ctan} release, you must run
+%   \texttt{ctan} / \texttt{manifest} / \texttt{ctan}.
+% Improvements to this process are planned for the future.
 % \end{buildcmd}
 %
 % \begin{buildcmd}{setversion}