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From: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: CVSUP help
Date: 29 May 1997 11:20:23 -0700
Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA
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If you are having trouble using CVSup, it's most effective to write
to <cvsup-bugs@polstra.com>. I rarely read this newsgroup, but I
happened to stumble across this message.
In article <864678781.10196.1.nnrp-2.c2dec490@news.demon.co.uk>,
Ian Edwards <ian@concerto.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <lbwEA2qAt.Er2@netcom.com>,
> lbw@netcom.com (Len Wilson) writes:
> > I just tried updating my system using cvsup and ended up with a bunch
> > of files with ",v" like "Makefile,v". What am I supposed to do with
> > these?
Delete them and start over, after studying the tutorial in the
FreeBSD Handbook :-)
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cvsup.html
... especially section 16.3.2.3 "Configuration".
By default, CVSup gives you the RCS files from the CVS repository.
If you want to get the sources for a particular version or branch,
then you have to specify a value for the "tag" keyword in your
cvsupfile.
If you want FreeBSD-current, specify "tag=.". If you want
2.2-stable, specify "tag=RELENG_2_2". Other possibilities are
listed in the Handbook.
You might also wish to take a look at up-to-date copies of the
example cvsupfiles in "/usr/share/examples/cvsup".
> Perhaps the documentation could be improved as I have just done the same
> thing and was wondering what to do next.
The man pages are reasonably complete and accurate, though
perhaps the important information is less accessible than it ought
to be. Specific suggestions and/or patches are welcomed at
<cvsup-bugs@polstra.com>.
John
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John Polstra jdp@polstra.com
John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA
"Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth