Re: [linuxsh-dev] Can't fix binutils

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--- NIIBE Yutaka <gn...@ch...> wrote: 
> 
> I'm learning about CVS.  People say there's utility
> named CVSup, which
> syncs the repository. 

  I've just been reading about it at
http://www.polstra.com/projects/freeware/CVSup/

  It appears to be a file mirroring tool similar
in concept to rsync but with CVS-aware features,
like the ability to pick apart ,v files to send
only the revisions which are different between
the server and client.

> Good feature is we can setup
> our own branch while
> keep in sync to original repository.

  Conversely, a bad feature is that you *have* to
setup a branch: see FAQ 40 at
http://www.polstra.com/projects/freeware/CVSup/faq.html
What this means is that you still need to do a
potentially-painful merge from the mainline to
the branch periodically.  The only advantage is
that CVSup will have downloaded the mainline
revisions very efficiently before the merge
starts, which is not much of a win given
Mitch's current technique of downloading a .tar.bz2.

Furthermore there doesn't seem to be a way to
check changes into the mainline (see FAQs 38
through 40) except through an extensive semi-manual
diff & patch process with the co-operation of someone
with write access to the original repository.

Better still, you need a specially modified CVS
client (see FAQ 40 again).

> Anyone has experience with CVSup?  If it works as I
> expect, it benefits
> our development of GNU Toolchain.  Thoughts?

  I'm not sure what kind of deployment you have in
mind.  Do you mean to setup the linuxsh sourceforge
repository as a shadow of the master binutils
repository (wherever that is) ?  Or setup a local
personal repository as a shadow of the linuxsh
repository?

Greg.

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