Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 10:14:14 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Robert Downes <nullentropy@lineone.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSup checkout mode for FreeBSD doc tree Message-ID: <20040111101414.A29976@abigail.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <40010A71.9040809@lineone.net>; from nullentropy@lineone.net on Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 08:33:53AM %2B0000 References: <40010A71.9040809@lineone.net>
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On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 08:33:53AM +0000, Robert Downes wrote: > The quick start instructions for the FreeBSD documentation project say > > 2. Get a local copy of the FreeBSD doc tree. Either use CVSup in > checkout mode to do this, or get a full copy of the CVS repository locally. > > I have, so far, used CVSup to reconcile sources and ports and docs, but > I'm confused now. According to the man page for CVSup, checkout mode is > not the default, and will only be used if a tag or a date are specified. > If I want to obey the instruction from the documentation project, what > do I want to do with my /etc/cvsupfile if mine currently looks like this: > > *default host=cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs > *default tag=RELENG_5_2 > *default delete use-rel-suffix > > src-all > *default tag=. > ports-all > doc-all > > > At the moment, the doc section does not seem to have a tag, so does that > mean I'm not using checkout mode to update my doc tree? > The right tag for docs is . (period), one could say that doc is "-CURRENT". I wrote a quick guide on how to keep your docs up to date, maybe it could help you: http://www.bsdnews.org/02/freebsd_doc.php Marc
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