Re: [gtk-list] Re: cvs trouble..

[<nuke bayside net>]

On Sat, 21 Feb 1998, Tom Bech wrote:

> nuke@bayside.net wrote:
> > 
> > i'm not sure if this is the best place to ask, but here goes anyway..
> > i've been trying to update gtk+ from the cvs tree at cvs.gimp.org, and
> > this is what happens: i run cvs from in the gtk+-0.99.3 directory, and it
> > creates a gtk+-0.99.3/gtk+, and puts all the updates in there, never
> > applying them to the main tree.. i tried renaming gtk+-0.99.3 to gtk+ and
> > running cvs from it's parent, but i get "repository does not match"
> > errors. i'm sure somebody is updating cvs right, and hopefully they can
> > tell me what i'm doing wrong.. because i have no idea how this is supposed
> > to work :)
> > 
> 
> Do a 'cvs -z9 checkout gtk+' first, then you can do 'cvs -z9 update gtk+' whenever
> you want to catch up with the cvs tree. Cvs needs to create a local repository
> with versioning info etc. before it can compare it with the central archive.

nope, checkout creates the local repository, but update doesn't do
anything with it. it's like i said, it just makes a gtk+, and doesn't
touch my gtk directory.
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