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Subject: Re: [ATTN: Git maintainer] Is there a reason Git package depends on cvs/cvsps ?
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On 12/06/2012 05:59 PM, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>> >  Is there a reason Git package depends on cvsps (and in result - cvs) package?
>> >  It doesn't looks like cvsps is required for daily Git operations.
>> >  Am I missing something?
> Git has M&Ps to allow you to clone a CVS repository using git commands.
Seems like it is not a real dependency.

On debian the package git suggests git-cvs
Package git-cvs depends on cvsps, and suggests cvs

bartels

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