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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 22:22:46 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: How do I check out a snapshot?
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On Thu, Sep 25, 1997 at 07:45:04PM +0930, Mike Smith wrote:
>> I have the CVS tree here on my system, and I know we've just done a
>> snap, but I see nothing in the tree to help me determine where, when
>> or what it is.  What do I need to do?
>
> cvs co -D <date> src, then build the release as usual.  Snaps aren't
> tagged, as this'd fill the tree with more junk and greatly increase the
> CTM and CVSup traffic.

Sure.  But to repeat the question:

   I see nothing in the tree to help me determine where, when or what
   it is.

How do I find it out?

Greg