[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg A. Woods) writes: > [ On Thursday, December 6, 2001 at 22:17:21 (-0800), Harry Putnam wrote: ] > > Subject: cvs commit as root >> >> I'd like to override the taboo on committing as root. I imagine it is >> possible but not clear how to do it. > > It is possible, but you don't want to do it. > >> On my setup, I use cvs as much for having version control of host >> config files as for software devel, maybe more. >> >> [[....]] > > I think you're going about things kind of backwards.
Not a virgin in that domain... he he. > What you should do instead is come up with an "install" procedure that > can take a CVS working directory (or even the result of a "cvs export") > and install its contents into the system directories, restarting or > triggering reloads in daemons as necessary, etc. Various forms of > validation and consistency checking can also be done. This sounds like a very smooth way to have it setup. However well above my level of understanding of the needed proceedures. Definitely something to look into... thanks. _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
