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Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 21:29:42 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Is the CVS tree available as ctm deltas or is it only -current and -stable?

It is indeed available via CTM.

> Am I correct in thinking that with an up-to-date CVS tree (maintained by
> sup or ctm) you can create any of the supported source trees in a fully
> consistent and functional state at a time of your choosing?

You are precisely correct.

> Also would the only real penalty be extra disk space to keep it all?

Right.

> Finally am I correct in thinking that at the time of a release (either
> SNAP or full release) you could just checkout your own release from your
> locally maintained CVS tree and build it all yourself in a reasonably
> trivial manner even for a moderately unskilled or semi-skilled user?

Yes!  In fact, a local CVS repository is *required* by
/usr/src/release/Makefile for exactly that reason - it does the CVS
operations itself based on how you set RELEASETAG in the make.

					Jordan