Re: Problem checking out webwml
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 11:40:00AM +0100, Javier Fdz-Sanguino Pen~a wrote:
> > > Sorry to bother... but I'm not sure if I'm doing this right... I
> > > have added users changing /cvs/webml/CVSROOT/passwd.... when you say that a
> > > plain copy must be in /cvs/webml/passwd are you talking about the same file
> > > (ie. it's a typo) or you mean that I must do a 'cp /cvs/webml/CVSROOT/passwd
> > > /cvs/webml' in order for the changes to work?
> >
> > You need to change the file, commit it to CVS, and then copy it over to
> > cvs.debian.org:/cvs/webwml/CVSROOT/passwd
> >
> > (This is a CVS feature, that way pserver users can't add new pserver users,
> > only the local users.)
>
> I'm not sure about shi... so I should commint into
> /cvs/webwml/passwd and then copy it to /cvs/webwml/CVSROOT/passwd?
No...
> I do wonder why I do not have a passwd in my /cvs/webwml checkout
> copy and neither is there one in klecker.
That's because the canonical copy is on the server and has to be added
manually in there. We only keep the same file in CVS because of history
tracking.
> Or should I commit /cvs/webml/CVSROOT/passwd and then log on to
> klecker and overwrite /cvs/webml/CVSROOT/passwd with the same file I just
> commited?
Yes. (You should read more carefully, that's what I said above :)
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