58972c744024ac33cca07b80375635aff97315f3
jcasper
  Sun Jul 19 21:17:20 2026 -0700
Noting for knownGene builds that we're not building gnfU95Distance now,
as hgNearData isn't listing it as an option.  refs #37395, #37393

diff --git src/hg/makeDb/doc/ucscGenes/hg38.gencodeV50.sh src/hg/makeDb/doc/ucscGenes/hg38.gencodeV50.sh
index 785e38bf9e5..7c59518711c 100644
--- src/hg/makeDb/doc/ucscGenes/hg38.gencodeV50.sh
+++ src/hg/makeDb/doc/ucscGenes/hg38.gencodeV50.sh
@@ -1,25 +1,27 @@
 export db=hg38
 export GENCODE_VERSION=V50
 export PREV_GENCODE_VERSION=V49
 screen -S knownGene${GENCODE_VERSION}
 mkdir /hive/data/genomes/$db/bed/gencode$GENCODE_VERSION/build
 cd /hive/data/genomes/$db/bed/gencode$GENCODE_VERSION/build
 PATH=$HOME/kent/src/hg/utils/otto/knownGene":$PATH"
 cp /hive/data/genomes/${db}/bed/gencode${PREV_GENCODE_VERSION}/build/buildEnv.sh  buildEnv.sh
 
 # edit buildEnv.sh
+# NB - commented out the line that causes gnfU95Distance to be built, since the corresponding
+# line in hgNearData has been commented out for a while.
 . buildEnv.sh
 
 cp ${oldGeneDir}/${PREV_GENCODE_VERSION}.files.txt .
 cp ${oldGeneDir}/${PREV_GENCODE_VERSION}.tables.txt .
 
 hgsql ${oldKnownDb} -Ne "show tables" > ${oldKnownDb}.tables.txt
 diff <(sort ${PREV_GENCODE_VERSION}.tables.txt) <(sort ${oldKnownDb}.tables.txt)
 # no difference
 
 buildKnown.sh &
 
 # Continue with the steps to load the tables into the database.
 
 # After that's done, then can do the myGene2 knownTo (hasn't been integrated because it needs
 # manual gene list fetch).