> Subject: Re: CVS Unix to Linux Migration> To: [email protected]> Date: Wed,
> 4 Feb 2009 10:18:16 -0500> CC: [email protected]> From:
> [email protected]> > Rez writes:> > > > 1- if the migration is more
> involved than simply tarballing the> > repository from the old server and
> untarring and mounting it on the new> > server?> > Nope, that's all you need
> to do.> > > 2- Because it's a migration by way of untarring, do I still need
> to> > execute "cvs -d /repo/path init" since the existing repo already> >
> contains the CVSROOT directory? > > You don't have to, but it won't hurt and
> it's a good idea. > Particularly if the new server is running a newer release
> of CVS than> the old server was.
Good think I asked. It's a newer version, so I will run it just in case. Thanks.
> > > 3- Also, I would like to get rid of some old projects in the> >
> > > repository before I migrate it, we don't need the history and don't need>
> > > > to save them, so could I just log into the old server as Admin and do
> > > an> > rm or mv command (carefully of course) w/o trashing or corrupting
> > > the> > repository?> > Yep.
Yves, mentioned that I may corrupt my cvs log or rather render it useless by
doing file system commands (mv, rm) if they're projects within the repository.
I don't see a log anywhere. Where's the log and could I modify it manually?
Thanks for all your help.> -- > Larry Jones> > The problem with the future is
that it keeps turning into the present.> -- Hobbes
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