Add a warning to the how-to-make-a-release notes to check the permissions on the files in the tarball.

	* README-how-to-make-a-release: A note about checking file and
	directory permissions.

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 016c376764..89359bd8dc 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 2017-10-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
-	* MAINTAINERS: Moev Svein Seldal to Past Maintainers section.
+	* README-how-to-make-a-release: A note about checking file and
+	directory permissions.
+
+	* MAINTAINERS: Move Svein Seldal to Past Maintainers section.
 
 2017-10-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
index c87f27e5e2..2f659891a3 100644
--- a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
+++ b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
@@ -58,11 +58,20 @@ looks like this:
 	      [optional: add "-u XXXXX" to sign with a gpg key]
 	    git push origin binutils-2_XX_X
 
-       f. Create the release tarballs:
+       f. Check that your file creation mask will create the
+          correct file permissions.  Eg:
+
+	    umask 022
+       
+       g. Create the release tarballs:
             ./src-release -b -g -l -x binutils
-       g. Edit bfd/development.sh and set "development=true".
-       h. Commit this change into the git repository.
-       i. Clean up the source tree.  (Use "git status" to find new
+
+       h. Check that the files in the tarballs have the correct
+          permissions.
+       
+       i. Edit bfd/development.sh and set "development=true".
+       j. Commit this change into the git repository.
+       k. Clean up the source tree.  (Use "git status" to find new
            files, and remove them).
 
      FIXME: The tarballs will contain spurious autom4te.cache