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To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
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Subject: Re: cvsup 
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 17:32:10 -0400
From: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net>
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> > cvsup -g -L 2 supfile
> 
> That's because cvsup likes your supfile. :-)
> 
> > cvs update -P -d
> 
> You're trying to mix two different methods of tracking stable. CVS and
> CVSup aren't the same thing. Pick one and stick to that. The only reason
> you'd want to use CVS over CVSup is if you make a lot of local source
> hacks.

Not necessarily :-)

I find it more useful to use CVSup to maintain my local repository
and use CVS to check out from that.  Why?  cvs log, cvs diff, etc.

Cheers,

Jerry Hicks
wghicks@bellsouth.net


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