Re: Getting CVS Version

[Lawrence Walton <lawrence otak-k com>]

the-penguin:~$ export CVSROOT=':pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome'
the-penguin:~$ cvs login
(Logging in to anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org)
CVS password: 
cvs [login aborted]: connect to anoncvs.gnome.org:2401 failed: Connection refused
the-penguin:~$ 


I also gave my email as a password.


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On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Tamas Acs wrote:

> 
> Everything you read on the gnome site applies to balsa.
> 
> One thing about stuff from CVS is they usually require other packages that
> are only available through CVS so you might have a lot of downloading and
> compiling on your hand.
> 
> The procedure:
> 
> $ export CVSROOT=':pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome'
> $ cvs login
> (Logging in to anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org)
> CVS password:    (Just hit enter there is no password)
> $ cvs -z3 checkout glib gtk+ imlib ORBit gnome-libs gnome-core balsa
> 
> Compile and install all of those packages in that order and you should
> have the latest copy running.
> 
> This is how I got my copy to work.  If you want to update it later on you
> don't need to get the whole thing again just run:
> $ cvs -z3 update -Pd glib gtk+ imlib ORBit gnome-libs gnome-core balsa
> 
> and it'll bring your copy up to date.
> 
> Each package will create it's own directory in your present working
> directory when you run the cvs command so make sure you have enough room
> on that partition.
> 
> To compile the package, go into its directory and run the autgen.sh script
> with whatever switches you want.  I usually run this:
> 
> $ ./autogen.sh --disable-nls (I could never compile it with NLS)
> 
> I also have the v 1.1b of pgcc, the gimp wouldn't compile with the older
> version I had.
> 
> Anyway, good luck.
> 
> Oh, to look at other available packages at that CVS server go to
> http://cvs.gnome.org/ and click on the Bonsai link.
> 
> I hope that helped.
> 
> Tamas.
> 
> On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Troy Denkinger wrote:
> 
> > All,
> > 
> > Could someone give me some guidance on getting the version of Balsa
> > currently in CVS?  I don't generally use CVS, so this is new territory for
> > me.  I looked at the instructions for using CVS on the Gnome site and
> > attempted to follow their instructions, though they relate to Gnome and not
> > Balsa.  I was unable to actually log in, though I'll keep trying.  
> > 
> > Once I am able to login to CVS, what files would I need to retrieve in
> > order to successfully compile Balsa?  If the procedure is too complicated
> > to bother documenting at this point, I'll happily wait until the next
> > release and continue to use the fetchmail arrangement I already have.
> > However, if someone can give the procedure, I'll be happy to maintain a
> > document explaining what to do so future questions like this can just be
> > directed there.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Troy Denkinger  
> > 
> > 
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