Re: On patching without write access to CVS - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: On patching without write access to CVS
Date
Msg-id 200705301741.l4UHfoP26320@momjian.us
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In response to Re: On patching without write access to CVS  (Andrew Hammond <andrew.george.hammond@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-patches
Updated patch with suggested wording applied, attached.  I did not
modify FAQ_DEV.html because this doesn't seem to be an FAQ-level issue.

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Andrew Hammond wrote:
> On May 14, 12:57 am, pete...@gmx.net (Peter Eisentraut) wrote:
> > Am Montag, 14. Mai 2007 03:56 schrieb David Fetter:
> >
> > > +    For those things which <productname>CVS</productname> does not do
> > > +    by itself, such as letting you create patches without write access,
>
> s/such as letting you create patches/specifically creating patches
> which either create or delete files/
>
> ?
>
> >
> > I don't think that is accurate.
> >
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Index: doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.42
diff -c -c -r1.42 cvs.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml    27 Mar 2007 01:45:22 -0000    1.42
--- doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml    30 May 2007 17:35:54 -0000
***************
*** 15,20 ****
--- 15,24 ----
      <firstname>Thomas</firstname>
      <surname>Lockhart</surname>
     </author>
+    <author>
+     <firstname>David</firstname>
+     <surname>Fetter</surname>
+    </author>
    </authorgroup>
    <date>1999-05-20</date>
   </appendixinfo>
***************
*** 150,155 ****
--- 154,166 ----
     comes with <productname>CVS</productname>, or see the online
     documentation at <ulink url="http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/"></ulink>.
    </para>
+   <para>
+    For those things which <productname>CVS</productname> does not do by
+    itself, for example ones that add or remove files, you can use
+    <productname>cvsutils</productname>, which is packaged for many
+    operating systems, or available in source form at <ulink
+    url="http://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils/"></ulink>.
+   </para>
   </sect1>

   <sect1 id="cvs-tree">

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