On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Brett McCormick wrote:
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> This may be the totally wrong place for asking this question, but what
> exactly *is* CVSup?
See ftp.postgresql.org:/pub/CVSup ...
>
> On Fri, 1 May 1998, at 08:36:05, Maurice Gittens wrote:
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> > I don't understand the problem CVSup is intended to solve given
> > that CVS allows remote access to the repository using standard cvs
> > commands. Is there a specific reason why we can't/don't have readonly access
> > to the postgresql repository?
> >
> > I think it's neat to be able to use commands like "cvs diff" etc. However
> > I really hate it that my changes seem to get overwritten why I using
> > CVSup since this doesn't happen when using the "cvs update".
> >
> > Can anyone explain why this is the way it is?
> >
> > Thanks, with regards from Maurice.
> >
> >
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