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obtain revision information
From: |
Harry Putnam |
Subject: |
obtain revision information |
Date: |
Mon, 28 Jan 2002 11:38:28 -0800 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.1.80 (i586-pc-linux-gnu) |
How can I get the current revision number of a package (module)?
And given that information, check out a version several versions
older?
Running `cvs status <ENTER>' in the checked out module gives me piles of
data on every single file in the distro. If I run `cvs status gnus'
(This is the gnus newsreader cvs tree set up on pserver) I get a
message that cvs knows nothing about gnus. Sort of looks like I need
to go up one level and ask, but that doesn't appear to be possible.
Is `cvs status' just the wrong command for this?
My aim here is first to determine the current version, then possibly
check out a version several versions back down the road. Seems like I
need current info to take a guess at what revision I need or want.
- obtain revision information,
Harry Putnam <=