From ee60fe5e19afc07fab6df77f1d37e74025c6dd85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:06:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add additional files that need editing prior to starting the
 final release build.

Sponsored by:	Rubicon Communications, LLC (netgate.com)
---
 .../freebsd-releng/releng-building.xml        | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-building.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-building.xml
index 5566bcfd9c..9445f7ef2b 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-building.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/releng-building.xml
@@ -268,6 +268,40 @@ KERNEL="GENERIC64"</programlisting>
       <package>misc/freebsd-release-manifests</package> in the Ports
       Collection, as well.</para>
 
+    <para>In preparation for the release build, several files need to
+      be updated:</para>
+
+    <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="0">
+      <tgroup cols="2">
+	<thead>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>File to Edit</entry>
+	    <entry>What to Change</entry>
+	  </row>
+	</thead>
+
+	<tbody>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry><filename>sys/conf/newvers.sh</filename></entry>
+	    <entry>Update the <varname>BRANCH</varname> value to
+	      <literal>RELEASE</literal></entry>
+	  </row>
+
+	  <row>
+	    <entry><filename>UPDATING</filename></entry>
+	    <entry>Add the anticipated announcement date</entry>
+	  </row>
+
+	  <row>
+	    <entry><filename>lib/csu/common/crtbrand.c</filename></entry>
+	    <entry>Replace <literal>__FreeBSD_version</literal> with
+	      the value in
+	      <filename>sys/sys/param.h</filename></entry>
+	  </row>
+	</tbody>
+      </tgroup>
+    </informaltable>
+
     <para>After building the final <literal>RELEASE</literal>, the
       &branch.relengx; branch is tagged as &branch.releasex; using the
       revision from which the <literal>RELEASE</literal> was built.