Re: CVS repository

[ujr@physik.phy.tu-dresden.de (Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler)]

Drew Parsons wrote:

> But now I've installed it again (cvs 1.10.7-7), now using potato, and it no
> longer asks about the repository.  Was something changed in the postinst
> files for cvs?

Yes, it uses debconf.

> I tried running cvsconfig, but it just says
>      "Use dpkg-reconfigure cvs' to reconfigure cvs."
> When I run dpkg-reconfigure cvs, it runs silently and exits, with no
> indication of success or failure.  So I'm not sure if I have a default
> repository or not. I gather one was not created.

Use
dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low --frontend=dialog cvs

(You may want to run 
dpkg-reconfigure --priority=low --frontend=dialog debconf
 to change it permanently.)


  Ulf