Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 23:52:10 +0100 (CET) From: bartequi@inwind.it To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/24662: correct management of sources with cvsup(1) Message-ID: <200101262252.f0QMqAq00482@bartequi.ottodomain.org>
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>Number: 24662 >Category: docs >Synopsis: too many questions about source management bloat freebsd lists >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jan 26 15:00:01 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Salvo Bartolotta >Release: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: Stale files may cause users a number of problems. The role and importance of cvsup's checkouts file(s) seems to be widely ignored, as well the existence of such utilities as cvsupchk. >How-To-Repeat: Read -questions for a while... >Fix: Moooo! I have written far too many times to freebsd lists on the subject :-) A reference to J.Polstra's cvsup FAQ should be made and/or emphasized in the existing documentation (handbook and/or cvsup(1) and/or FreeBSD FAQ); in this connection, explicit specific examples might be helpful. Also, cvsupchk should be mentioned as a useful tool for correct source management. I wrote a few public letters, as well as several private ones covering the following topics: -- correctly updating one's sources via cvsup for the first time; -- switching one's sources from tag A to tag B; -- correctly updating one's ports tree for the first time. If anybody is interested in this material, I will be glad to submit it for revision -- as plain text, for the time being. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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