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Re: How to set up a complex project
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Derek R. Price |
Subject: |
Re: How to set up a complex project |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:19:10 -0400 |
Fran Fabrizio wrote:
> - What happens when they release a new tarball? We've already made
> changes to some of their stuff so do I create a new vendor branch, put
> their new stuff on it, and then merge the branches?
Just reimport it. CVS will manage the merge for you. Read the manual on
vendor branches and the import command: http://cvshome.org/docs/manual .
> - Is there any way to check in the whole project at once if there are
> binary files in it?
Read up on the '-W' option to the import command.
> - Will I have to change all of the 100+ (rough estimate) Makefiles so
> that they compile somewhere else instead of right there in the working
> directory?
Probably not since the directory structure shouldn't change. Hopefully
they wrote their Makefiles to handle a relocatable root.
> - Is this feasible at all or am I going about this all wrong?
Certainly.
Derek
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