Here is a summary of how to work CVS To gain access to the CVS server you should do
export CVSROOT=":pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/dpkg" cvs login cvs co dpkg If you have write permissions you should change the anonymous in the CVSROOT to your username and then use your password for login. The anonymous password is an empty string. You only need to do this once, CVS will memorize that the dpkg check out belongs to cvs.debian.org. Once you have checked out you can edit the files in any way. If you make a change that you don't like and would like to erase do this: rm file; cvs update file If you would like to get the latest version and merge any uncomitted changed you have just run from the top level (ie the dir with the configure script) cvs update If you would like to add a new file or directory, cvs add file If you wish to check in your new changes, cvs ci or cvs ci -m"Short comment" If you wish to make a source tar.gz, cd /tmp; cvs export dpkg ... The debian cvs man page is fairly complete for the exact syntax of the commands, co is short for checkout and ci short for checkin or commit. I have placed dpkg-1.4.0.20.tar.gz into the CVS tree right now, if you have any updates to that you should checkout the tree, copy the files you changed over and the check in. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
