Re: SCMS question

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Jeremy Drake wrote:
> >
> > rsync -avzCH --delete rsync.postgresql.org::pgsql-cvs cvsroot/
> >
> >
> >   
> 
> The buildfarm howto has somewhat more complete instructions (including 
> how to adjust the various cvs config files if you need to). I set it up 
> the other day - took me about 10 minutes.
> 
> http://pgfoundry.org/docman/view.php/1000040/4/PGBuildFarm-HOWTO.txt - 
> see point 12.

I have updated our documenation to mention rsync as a method of pulling
the cvs repositiry, and added your URL above for additional information.

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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 1.41
diff -c -c -r1.41 cvs.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml	1 Feb 2007 00:28:16 -0000	1.41
--- doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml	27 Mar 2007 01:30:14 -0000
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!   At least two methods,
!   anonymous CVS and CVSup,
    are available to pull the CVS code tree from the
    PostgreSQL server to your local machine.
   
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!   At least three methods, anonymous CVS, rsync,
!   and CVSup,
    are available to pull the CVS code tree from the
    PostgreSQL server to your local machine.
   
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    Getting The Source Via <productname>CVSup</productname>
  
    
!    An alternative to using anonymous CVS for retrieving
     the PostgreSQL source tree
     is CVSup.
     CVSup was developed by
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+  
+   Getting The Source Via <productname>rsync</productname>
+ 
+   
+    An alternative to using anonymous CVS for retrieving the
+    PostgreSQL source tree is
+    rsync, an incremental file transfer tool.
+    A major advantage to using rsync is that it
+    can reliably replicate the entire CVS repository
+    on your local system, allowing fast local access to cvs</>
+    operations such as  and .
+    Other advantages include fast synchronization to the
+    PostgreSQL server due to an efficient
+    streaming transfer protocol which only sends the changes since the last
+    update.
+   
+ 
+   
+    You can download the CVS repository using this command:
+ 
+ rsync -avzCH --delete rsync.postgresql.org::pgsql-cvs cvsroot/
+ 
+    For full instructions, see the "rsync" section in the 
+    
+    pgbuildfarm instructions.
+   
+  
+ 
   
    Getting The Source Via <productname>CVSup</productname>
  
    
!    Another alternative to using anonymous CVS for retrieving
     the PostgreSQL source tree
     is CVSup.
     CVSup was developed by
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     FreeBSD project.
    
  
-   
-    A major advantage to using
-    CVSup is that it can reliably
-    replicate the entire CVS repository on your local system,
-    allowing fast local access to cvs</> operations such as 
-    and . Other advantages include fast synchronization to
-    the PostgreSQL server due to an efficient
-    streaming transfer protocol which only sends the changes since the last update.
-   
- 
    
     Preparing A <productname>CVSup</productname> Client System
  
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