* xio <xio@port22.net> [2001.11.12 11:47:00+0000]:
> 2. CVS is more difficult to setup and does not work out of the box for
> /etc.
>
> a. you have to first import the whole /etc tree to cvs
> b. symbolic links will be ignored.
> c. automated changes will be dealt with
d. it won't do your permissions. in fact, it'll make them all
0755, which is just great for /etc/shadow.
> -After I have imported /etc, do I need to delete my current /etc tree and
> then checkout the /etc module from CVS into /etc in order to get CVS
> working for /etc?
yes. make a backup.
> -In the documentation I read that it is possible to get CVS working with
> symbolic links. Does anybody have some pointers/information on how to
> do this?
apt-cache show cvsup
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