[ On Thursday, July 13, 2000 at 08:50:13 (-0700), Eric Chamberlain wrote: ]
> Subject: RE: Linked Files in the Repository
>
> We all would *very* much like to change the build system as you suggest but,
> for reasons I cannot go into here, that is not a feasible option.
Then CVS may not be a tool suitable for your needs.
> I just need to know what problems we should anticipate by using dual links
> within CVS.
All kinds. Don't do that.
You're looking at the wrong level. CVS manages tracking changes groups
of files. It is not a tool for managing files. Use some scripting
language, makefiles, whatever to manipulate your files within your
working directory(ies) after their changes have been committed to the
CVS repository.
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