Re: How to control the current version of CVSROOT/modules ?

[Jim Hyslop]

address@hidden wrote:
> Hi.
> Is it possible to roll back the version of the currently used CVSROOT/modules 
> file?
>
> Say that a product rev. A is built using "Ampersand modules".
>
> Say that the product is updated to rev. B, and that the "Ampersand modules" is 
> changed causing a change in the CVSROOT/modules file.
>
> If I would want to roll back to rev. A, I would have to restore the previous version of 
> the CVSROOT/modules file, to ensure that the "Ampersand modules" are defined 
> correctly.

Unfortunately, yes, that's what you'll have to do. CVS's configuration 
management support in this respect is rather lacking.

For maximum control, you could use a makefile or a script in the project 
itself, which checks out the required sub-modules. An advantage of this 
approach is that your script/makefile can specify exactly which tag to 
retrieve - you can't do that with ampersand modules.

--
Jim