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Re: Upgrading cvs to newer version


From: Rene Berber
Subject: Re: Upgrading cvs to newer version
Date: 16 May 2002 11:44:16 -0700

Anette van der Schyf <address@hidden> wrote in message news:<address@hidden>...

> We are currently running cvs version 1.10.7 on linux 2.2. We want to upgrade
> to version 1.11.2 of cvs. I would like to know if the following steps of 
> upgrading is correct:
> 
> 1.    I have downloaded cvs-1.11.tar.gz

You mean cvs-1.11.2.tar.gz

> 2.    Type on commandline: gunzip cvs-1.11.tar.gz
> 3.    Type on commandline: tar xvf cvs-1.11.tar.gz

It's tar xvf cvs-1.11.2.tar
or do 2 and 3 in one step: tar xzvf cvs-1.11.2.tar.gz

> 4.    Type on commandline: cd cvs-1.11
> 5.    Type on commandline: ./configure
> 6.    Type on commandline: make 

Test the new program before installing (run at least src/cvs
--version, and src/cvs version);

Also at this point you may want to disable access to cvs (from other
people in perhaps other machines).  If you use pserver then comment
the line in /etc/inetd.conf that starts cvs, and send a SIGHUP to
inetd; if you use ssh/rsh then rename the program (i.e. mv
/usr/bin/cvs /usr/bin/cvs.old).

You can see if any cvs process is running, that means that somebody is
using it.

> 7.    Type on commandline: make install

That should work for a standard build, installed under /usr/local.

Some versions of Linux (like RedHat for instance) install it under
/usr.  You can have 2 copies and work with that, or use "./configure
--prefix=/usr" to replace the old version.

> Do I need to set up everything again (the whole cvs)?

No.

> Or will the existing
> repository and users acces etc still be ok? (I don't want to break
> anything!)

Yes, the repository and user access doesn't have to be changed.

Regards.
-- 
R. Berber
rberber AT mailandnews.com


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