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Posted-Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:20:48 -0500 (CDT)
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:20:48 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jeff J Jensen <jeffjensen AT visi DOT com>
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Subject: Re: CVS install
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Thank you Chuck and Earnie for the replies.  It is clearer now.

There is lots of info easily found on _using_ CVS, but the simple steps to
begin I have not found.  Is this missing (an assumption of a certain CVS
expertise level), or have I been blind to it!?  Can someone point me to the
CVS setup docs for using the prebuilt binaries in the Cygwin distribution
(or is it just that simple: set CVSROOT, and do init?  If yes and missing,
then tell me where/how to add a note and I'll write it up for the next
beginner-like person...I spent too many hours looking for getting started
info!)?

An advice question:
For CVS with Cygwin, where is/are the better places for the CVSROOT
directory?  Particularly, I am wondering about c:\cvsroot (will it work?)
or c:\cygwin\cvsroot.


> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 06:56:10 -0400
> From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
> To: Jeff Jensen <jeffjensen AT nospam DOT visi DOT com>
> Cc: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
> Subject: Re: CVS install
> 
> Jeff,
>   CVS is included in the default cygwin install.  Most of your questions
> below deal with building CVS from its own source files; there is no need
> to do that unless you really want to.  (If you do want to build from
> source, then download cvs-1.10.8-X-src.tar.gz from a cygwin mirror,
> unpack, and follow the instructions in
> <cvs-src>/CYGWIN-PATCHES/cvs-1.10.8.README)  
> 
> To get started with CVS (after you've compiled it, or assuming you want
> to use the precompiled version installed with cygwin by default), do
> this:
>   export CVSROOT=<where you want your repository>
>   cvs init
> 
> Then, follow the instructions in various online sources to see how you
> actually USE cvs.  Try:
> http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs/doc/cvs_toc.html
> http://www.loria.fr/~molli/fom-serve/cache/1.html
> 
> --Chuck
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff Jensen wrote:
> > 
> > I am trying to learn and install CVS for the first time, and am feeling a
> > bit overwhelmed.  I have a few basic questions...
> > 
> > I am using the FAQ that came with the latest Cygwin (I just upgraded to
> > latest a couple of days ago), and it mentions having to install RCS.  Is RCS
> > included in the Cygwin net install, or need acquiring separately?  (I did
> > not see anything in my Cygwin install, so I think I need to find it...)
> > 
> > When the FAQ says "see 1B.4", etc., where is that?
> > 
> > Is there a set of install directions for the CVS with Cygwin?  The FAQ
> > instructions talk about editing source and building, which is not what I
> > think I need to do with a distribution of binaries, but I do not know.  Even
> > the README mentions needing to use source...
> > 
> > Where & how do I get these files that the FAQ says to review:
> > "cvs/src/options.h" and "cvs/src/rcs.h" files, README, INSTALL and ChangeLog
> > files.
> > It is a pathetic question, but I have never done it!  I have only used
> > ClearCase and VSS in a networked environment, and a little CVS already
> > installed on a Unix system...
> > 
> > Thank you for any pointers.


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