Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:45:46 -0600 From: "Curt Grimley" <Curt_Grimley@usa.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: cvs source questions Message-ID: <001d01c2f948$1dd75cd0$0100a8c0@grimleyhome.org>
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Hi, I'm new to FreeBSD and enjoying it... I used an off-the-shelf 4.6 release to get started, and then decided to cvsup and get up to stable. I only have dialup service, so seeing a copy of the "CVS Repository" on disk #2, I followed the instructions there to populate the cvs source directories... there were tar files that dropped in a lot of ",v" files. (No actual source apparently.) cvsup ran fine and source was brought in, but then I had multiple troubles with the build in that these ",v" files got in the way again and again. I found a post somewhere of someone saying "why are there ,v files in your source tree?". So after yanking these and starting over, everything worked fine. Q1 - Do I need the ,v files for anything? I presume they're version control related, but are they needed at the end-user system for cvsup-ing? Q2 - What about all these "Attic" directories - are these normally present in /src/ or are they unnecessary? Q3 - There's a CVSROOT directory also - is that important? (Or maybe you know of a document that explains these cvs mysteries - I can't seem to find one.) Thanks much, Curt Grimley
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