CVS vendor and release tags

[tuxxer]

On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 21:14 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 17:25 -0700, tuxxer wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 08:54 -0500, Tommy Reynolds wrote:
> > > Uttered "Paul W. Frields" <stickster at gmail.com>, spake thus:
> > > 
> > > > > How do I do my initial import of the hardening guide?  
> > > > > I've read the CVSUsage WiKi, and (what I thought were) pertinent
> > > > > sections of the Documentation Guide, as well as the CVS general
> > > > > documentation.  I haven't been able to glean a command line that works.
> > > > I'm taking this to the list since it involves a general policy and
> > > > procedural concern, which is CVS tags.  In the past, Karsten and Tammy
> > > > imported my sources, since there was no One True CVS access.  In
> > > > general, the command is:
> > > > 
> > > >   cvs import <repodir> <vendor-tag> <release-tag>...
> > > > 
> > > > What are the vendor and release tags that people should be using to
> > > > import?  The answers should probably come from a consensus of three
> > > > individuals -- Karsten (has done lots of importing before IIRC), Tommy
> > > > (FDP CVS maintainer), and Tammy (resident CVS goddess).
> > > 
> > > In the "common/cvs-en.xml" updates that I've recently made, I chose
> > > to use something like this:
> > > 
> > > 	$ export CVS_RSH=/usr/bin/ssh
> > > 	$ export CVSROOT=':ext:<username>@cvs.fedora.redhat.com:/cvs/docs'
> > > 	$ cvs import <my-doc-name> <username> "initial"
> > > 
> > 
> > This worked!  Although, I should have kept the '-m' tag (more
> > streamlined - no vi ;-).
> 
> Whoops!  Your directory structure is a little strange.  What you've
> created looks like this:
> 
> (root of all docs)
> |
> ...
> `--- hardening/
>       `--- fedora-hardening-guide-whole-en.xml/
>             +--- .bashrc
>             `--- hardening/
>                   `--- fedora-hardening-guide-whole-en.xml

I was wondering about that.  The directory structure on my own system
was equally "funky".  I was curious how it might look in the CVS system.

> 
> Maybe Tommy or someone can:
> 1.  remove .bashrc
> 2.  get rid of two intervening redundant directories
> 3.  figure out what happened, and explain it to those of us who don't
> CVS constantly (numbering myself among them, of course)
> 4.  put clearer instructions in common/cvs-en.xml
> 

That would be nice.  ;-)

-Charlie

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-tuxxer

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