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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[4e33969] | 7 | <!ENTITY cvs-download-http "https://ccvs.cvshome.org/files/documents/19/534/cvs-&cvs-version;.tar.bz2">
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[d47e7ea9] | 8 | <!ENTITY cvs-download-ftp " ">
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[17e4e55] | 9 | <!ENTITY cvs-size "2.3 MB">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY cvs-buildsize "20 MB">
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[d47e7ea9] | 11 | <!ENTITY cvs-time "0.31 SBU">
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| 12 | ]>
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| 13 |
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[9635613] | 14 | <sect1 id="cvs" xreflabel="CVS-&cvs-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 15 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 18 | </sect1info>
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[00bb024c] | 19 | <?dbhtml filename="cvs.html"?>
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[9635613] | 20 | <title>CVS-&cvs-version;</title>
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[f45b1953] | 21 |
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[d47e7ea9] | 22 | <sect2>
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| 23 | <title>Introduction to <application><acronym>CVS</acronym></application></title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <para><application><acronym>CVS</acronym></application> is the Concurrent
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| 26 | Versioning System. This is a version control system useful for projects
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| 27 | using a central repository to hold files and then track all changes made to
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| 28 | those files. These instructions install the client used to manipulate the
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| 29 | repository, creation of a repository is covered at <xref linkend="cvsserver"/>.
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| 30 | </para>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 33 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 34 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&cvs-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 35 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&cvs-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 36 | <listitem><para>Download size: &cvs-size;</para></listitem>
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[518538f] | 37 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &cvs-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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[d47e7ea9] | 38 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &cvs-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 39 | </sect3>
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| 40 |
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[43a4bfad] | 41 | <sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 43 | <listitem><para>Recommended patch: <ulink
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[24459cc2] | 44 | url="&patch-root;/cvs-&cvs-version;-zlib-1.patch"/>
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[43a4bfad] | 45 | </para></listitem>
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| 46 | </itemizedlist></sect3>
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| 47 |
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[17e4e55] | 48 | <sect3><title><application>CVS</application> dependencies</title>
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| 49 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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| 50 | <para>
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| 51 | <xref linkend="gdbm"/>,
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| 52 | <ulink url="http://www.pdc.kth.se/kth-krb/">krb4</ulink>,
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| 53 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or <xref linkend="heimdal"/>,
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[57b5468] | 54 | <xref linkend="gs"/> or <xref linkend="espgs"/>,
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[17e4e55] | 55 | <ulink url="../server/mail.html">MTA</ulink> and
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[57b5468] | 56 | <xref linkend="postlfs-editors-vim"/>
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[17e4e55] | 57 | </para></sect4>
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| 58 | </sect3>
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| 59 |
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[d47e7ea9] | 60 | </sect2>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <sect2>
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| 63 | <title>Installation of <application><acronym>CVS</acronym></application></title>
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| 64 |
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[43a4bfad] | 65 | <para>By default <application><acronym>CVS</acronym></application>
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| 66 | is statically linked against the zlib library included in its source
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| 67 | tree. This makes it exposed to possible security vulnerabilities in that
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| 68 | library. If you want to modify CVS to use the newest system shared zlib
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| 69 | library apply the following patch:</para>
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| 70 |
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[24459cc2] | 71 | <screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../cvs-&cvs-version;-zlib-1.patch</command></userinput></screen>
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[43a4bfad] | 72 |
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[d47e7ea9] | 73 | <para>Install <application><acronym>cvs</acronym></application> by running the following commands:</para>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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| 76 | make &&
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| 77 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | </sect2>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <sect2>
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| 82 | <title>Configuring <application><acronym>CVS</acronym></application></title>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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| 85 | <para><filename>~/.cvsrc</filename>, <filename>~/.cvswrappers</filename></para>
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| 86 | </sect3>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <para><filename>~/.cvsrc</filename> is the main
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| 91 | <application><acronym>CVS</acronym></application> configuration file.
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| 92 | This file is used by users to specify defaults for different <command>cvs
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| 93 | </command> commands, for example to make all <command>cvs diff</command>
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| 94 | commands run with <userinput>-u</userinput>, a user would add <userinput>
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| 95 | diff -u</userinput> to their <filename>.cvsrc</filename> file.</para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <para><filename>~/.cvswrappers</filename> specifies wrappers to be used in
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| 98 | addition to those specified in the <filename>CVSROOT/cvswrappers</filename>
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| 99 | file in the repository.</para>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <para><filename>~/.cvspass</filename> can hold passwords to complete
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| 102 | logins to servers.</para></sect3>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | </sect2>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <sect2>
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| 107 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <para>The <application><acronym>CVS</acronym></application> package contains
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| 110 | <command>cvs</command>, <command>cvsbug</command> and <command>rcs2log</command>.</para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | </sect2>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <sect3><title>cvs</title>
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| 117 | <para>This is the main program file for the concurrent versioning
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| 118 | system.</para></sect3>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <sect3><title>cvsbug</title>
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| 121 | <para>This is used to send problem reports about
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| 122 | <application><acronym>CVS</acronym></application> to a central
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| 123 | support site.</para></sect3>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <sect3><title>rcs2log</title>
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| 126 | <para><acronym>RCS</acronym> to Change Log generator.</para></sect3>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 129 |
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| 130 | </sect1>
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