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To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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Subject: Re: How do I check out a snapshot? 
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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 11:23:40 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> You don't.  Due to the nature of the distributed CVS repository, there 
> is a window where even the exact time of checkout for the snapshot 
> build might leave you out of sync.  The only way around this would be 
> for the snap to be built from a tree directly checked out from the 
> master repository.  Jordan does this for the for-CDROM versions, I 
> think.

Yes, I tag and then I build from that tag after resyncronizing my
local repository.

Unfortunately, tags are expensive and you don't just lay them down
for fun.

					Jordan