From e53c51280b07f9c312c934a8d70b67cc3ae45560 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@fourpalms.org> Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 16:06:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] More info is in sgml and html docs so this is now obsolete. --- doc/FAQ_CVS | 84 ----------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 84 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 doc/FAQ_CVS diff --git a/doc/FAQ_CVS b/doc/FAQ_CVS deleted file mode 100644 index 36c45f30099..00000000000 --- a/doc/FAQ_CVS +++ /dev/null @@ -1,84 +0,0 @@ -<html> -<head> - <title>PostgreSQL: Getting the source via CVS</title> -</head> -<body bgcolor=white text=black link=blue vlink=purple> - -<font size="+3">Getting the source via CVS</font> - -<p>If you would like to keep up with the current sources on a regular -basis, you can fetch them from our CVS server and then use CVS to -retrieve updates from time to time. - -<P>To do this you first need a local copy of CVS (Concurrent Version Control -System), which you can get from -<A HREF="http://www.cyclic.com/">http://www.cyclic.com/</A> or -any GNU software archive site. Currently we recommend version 1.9. - -<P>Once you have installed the CVS software, do this: -<PRE> -cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@postgresql.org:/usr/local/cvsroot login -</PRE> -You will be prompted for a password; enter '<tt>postgresql</tt>'. -You should only need to do this once, since the password will be -saved in <tt>.cvspass</tt> in your home directory. - -<P>Having logged in, you are ready to fetch the PostgreSQL sources. -Do this: -<PRE> -cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@postgresql.org:/usr/local/cvsroot co -P pgsql -</PRE> -which will install the PostgreSQL sources into a subdirectory <tt>pgsql</tt> -of the directory you are currently in. - -<P>(If you have a fast link to the Internet, you may not need <tt>-z3</tt>, -which instructs CVS to use gzip compression for transferred data. But -on a modem-speed link, it's a very substantial win.) - -<P>This initial checkout is a little slower than simply downloading -a <tt>tar.gz</tt> file; expect it to take 40 minutes or so if you -have a 28.8K modem. The advantage of CVS doesn't show up until you -want to update the file set later on. - -<P>Whenever you want to update to the latest CVS sources, <tt>cd</tt> into -the <tt>pgsql</tt> subdirectory, and issue -<PRE> -cvs -z3 update -d -P -</PRE> -This will fetch only the changes since the last time you updated. -You can update in just a couple of minutes, typically, even over -a modem-speed line. - -<P>You can save yourself some typing by making a file <tt>.cvsrc</tt> -in your home directory that contains - -<PRE> -cvs -z3 -update -d -P -</PRE> - -This supplies the <tt>-z3</tt> option to all cvs commands, and the -<tt>-d</tt> and <tt>-P</tt> options to cvs update. Then you just have -to say -<PRE> -cvs update -</PRE> -to update your files. - -<P><strong>CAUTION:</strong> some versions of CVS have a bug that -causes all checked-out files to be stored world-writable in your -directory. If you see that this has happened, you can do something like -<PRE> -chmod -R go-w pgsql -</PRE> -to set the permissions properly. This bug is allegedly fixed in the -latest beta version of CVS, 1.9.28 ... but it may have other, less -predictable bugs. - -<P>CVS can do a lot of other things, such as fetching prior revisions -of the PostgreSQL sources rather than the latest development version. -For more info consult the manual that comes with CVS, or see the online -documentation at <A HREF="http://www.cyclic.com/">http://www.cyclic.com/</A>. - -</body> -</html> -- GitLab