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Date:      Thu, 22 Jan 1998 18:12:10 -0800 (PST)
From:      Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Strange CVS behavior
Message-ID:  <XFMail.980122181210.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
In-Reply-To: <199801222343.QAA18919@mt.sri.com>

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On 22-Jan-98 Nate Williams wrote:
>> > The moral of the story is to not use the stuff in CVSROOT w/out
>> > knowing
>> > what they do. :) :)
>> 
>> This is all fine and dandy, except:
>> 
>> a.  Perl is installed, all versions available in ports
> 
> Is it installed where the stuff in CVSROOT expects it.

pkg_add perl*.tgz

>> b.  It worked perfectly fine for over a year, until today.
> 
> You were lucky up till this point for whatever reason.

I guess.  Or maybe unlucky as of today.  I doubt that though.  something
broke.  I guess I'll have to see which/what/why perl is nasty to me.

>> c.  I am not using anything in CVSROOT explicitly.  I use the command
>>     ``cvs add dir_name'' which worked yesterday and does not work today.
> 
> If you're using cvs and the CVSROOT you are using is from the FreeBSD,
> you are explicitly using the files in CVSROOT.  You have no choice
> unless you've edited the configuration files (which live in CVSROOT) to
> not use them.

Sure.  I am using the FreeBSD stuff as I am working on the FreeBSD source.
Sorry if I made you think i am trying to use the FreeBSD CVS setup for
non-FreeBSD stuff.  The reason for mkdir and add is adding new commands,
that should be checked in (hopefully).  To the curious:  Some native ports
of certain DPT admin commands.  I am putting them in
/usr/src/usr.sbin/dpt/dpt_some_command.  Yes, they buiold and run fine.
Yes, they will be on the next patch.  Yes, I am moving the ftp server to a
7x24 T1 connected host.

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Sincerely Yours, 

Simon Shapiro
Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG                      Voice:   503.799.2313



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