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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# This script is used to build complete Android NDK release packages
+# from the git repository and a set of prebuilt cross-toolchain tarballs
+#
+
+# location of the root ndk directory. we assume this script is under build/tools
+NDK_ROOT_DIR=`dirname $0`/../..
+NDK_ROOT_DIR=`cd $NDK_ROOT_DIR && pwd`
+
+# the release name
+RELEASE=1.5_r1
+
+# the directory containing the prebuilt toolchain tarballs
+PREBUILT_DIR=/home/digit/android/ndk
+
+# the prefix of prebuilt toolchain tarballs in $PREBUILT_DIR
+PREBUILT_PREFIX=android-ndk-prebuilt-20090323
+
+# the list of supported host development systems
+PREBUILT_SYSTEMS="linux-x86 linux-x86_64 darwin-x86 windows"
+
+# the list of git files to copy into the archives
+GIT_FILES=`cd $NDK_ROOT_DIR && git-ls-files`
+
+# temporary directory used for packaging
+TMPDIR=/tmp/ndk-release
+
+RELEASE_PREFIX=android-ndk-$RELEASE
+
+rm -rf $TMPDIR && mkdir -p $TMPDIR
+
+# first create the reference ndk directory from the git reference
+echo "Creating reference from git files"
+REFERENCE=$TMPDIR/reference &&
+mkdir -p $REFERENCE &&
+for ff in $GIT_FILES; do install -pD $ff $REFERENCE/$ff; done &&
+rm -f $REFERENCE/Android.mk
+if [ $? != 0 ] ; then
+    echo "Could not create git reference. Aborting."
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+# now, for each system, create a preview package
+#
+for SYSTEM in $PREBUILT_SYSTEMS; do
+    echo "Preparing package for system $SYSTEM."
+    BIN_RELEASE=$RELEASE_PREFIX-$SYSTEM
+    PREBUILT=$PREBUILT_DIR/$PREBUILT_PREFIX-$SYSTEM
+    DSTDIR=$TMPDIR/$RELEASE_PREFIX
+    rm -rf $DSTDIR && mkdir -p $DSTDIR &&
+    cp -rp $REFERENCE/* $DSTDIR
+    if [ $? != 0 ] ; then
+        echo "Could not copy reference. Aborting."
+        exit 2
+    fi
+    echo "Unpacking $PREBUILT.tar.bz2"
+    (cd $DSTDIR && tar xjf $PREBUILT.tar.bz2)
+    if [ $? != 0 ] ; then
+        echo "Could not unpack prebuilt for system $SYSTEM. Aborting."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "Creating $BIN_RELEASE.tar.bz2"
+    (cd $TMPDIR && tar cjf $BIN_RELEASE.tar.bz2 $RELEASE_PREFIX && rm -rf $DSTDIR)
+    if [ $? != 0 ] ; then
+        echo "Could not create archive. Aborting."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "Cleaning up."
+rm -rf $TMPDIR/reference
+
+echo "Done, please see packages in $TMPDIR:"
+ls -l $TMPDIR
+