Re: How to set up a complex project

[Derek R. Price]

Fran Fabrizio wrote:

> - What happens when they release a new tarball?  We've already made
> changes to some of their stuff so do I create a new vendor branch, put
> their new stuff on it, and then merge the branches?

Just reimport it.  CVS will manage the merge for you.  Read the manual on
vendor branches and the import command: http://cvshome.org/docs/manual .


> - Is there any way to check in the whole project at once if there are
> binary files in it?

Read up on the '-W' option to the import command.


> - Will I have to change all of the 100+ (rough estimate) Makefiles so
> that they compile somewhere else instead of right there in the working
> directory?

Probably not since the directory structure shouldn't change.  Hopefully
they wrote their Makefiles to handle a relocatable root.


> - Is this feasible at all or am I going about this all wrong?

Certainly.

Derek
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