CVS Repository

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2005-03-03 21:36, cizuriet <cizuriet at lamar.colostate.edu> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I have tried setting up my own CVS tree with the /src tree in my local
> machine, but after setting the CVSROOT to any of the suggestions on
> the web site, when I try to log on with the anoncvs passwd, I get the
> following response.  Any help?

Updating the entire /usr/src tree over CVS and the network can be *VERY*
slow.  If you don't mind the extra disk space, I'd suggest the following:

    - Use CVSup to mirror the entire src repository to /home/ncvs.
    - Check out from /home/ncvs a working copy in /usr/src.

The entire CVS repository, mirrored locally here, takes about 2.6 GB of
disk space:

    # du -sk /home/ncvs
    2671488 /home/ncvs

This is, in my opinion, a small price to pay for being able to update
back and forth, from one version to any other.  But YMMV.