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1.4     ! fumi        1:                         Hypermail CVS Server Access
1.1       kahan       2: 
1.4     ! fumi        3:                                     ----
        !             4:    Hypermail  Development  has  a  CVS server, where we (try to) keep the
        !             5:    latest  changes (usually hot out of the oven) and anyone is welcome to
        !             6:    use  it.  Thanks  to  Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com> for helping with
        !             7:    setting  it  up,  Daniel  Stenberg  <Daniel.Stenberg@haxx.nu> with his
        !             8:    contributions. And many thanks to Ashley M. Kirchner <ashley@pcraft.com> 
        !             9:    for hosting and managing the hypermail CVS server.
        !            10:   
        !            11: ------------------------------------
        !            12: Setting up the CVS software locally:
        !            13:  
        !            14:      If you system does not have cvs installed on it already then you 
        !            15:      need to do the following to install the client locally.
        !            16:   
        !            17:        - Obtain the cvs source at ftp://ftp.cvshome.org/pub/
        !            18:          For more information on CVS stop by http://www.cvshome.org/
        !            19: 
        !            20:        - Compile  and  install  the client (you can disable the server with
        !            21:          the  --disable-server  during  the  'configure'  command. Read the
        !            22:          INSTALL file once you're uncompressed the archive)
        !            23:   
        !            24: ------------------------------------
        !            25: General information on accessing the Hypermail CVS repository:
        !            26:   
        !            27:      Hypermail CVS Archive Address:                        
        !            28:   
        !            29:           :pserver:cvs@cvs.hypermail.org:/CVS
        !            30:   
        !            31:      The  'cvs' user doesn't have a password, so just hit return when it
        !            32:      asks you for one.  The cvs user is setup for read access only.
        !            33:   
        !            34: ------------------------------------
        !            35: Step by Step information on accessing the Hypermail CVS repository:
        !            36:   
        !            37:    Aftering installing the CVS software:
        !            38:      - Set your CVSROOT enviroment:
        !            39:        For sh, bash and ksh users, execute the following commands:
        !            40:   
        !            41:          CVSROOT=:pserver:cvs@cvs.hypermail.org:/CVS
        !            42:          export CVSROOT
        !            43:   
        !            44:        (or you can stick them in your .profile and/or .bash_profile file)
        !            45:        For C shell users (csh, tcsh), you can do the following:
        !            46:   
        !            47:          setenv CVSROOT :pserver:cvs@cvs.hypermail.org:/CVS 
        !            48:   
        !            49:        (or stick it in your .cshrc and/or .login file)
        !            50: 
        !            51:      - From here you can login to the server with:
        !            52:   
        !            53:          $ cvs login
        !            54:          (Logging in to cvs@cvs.hypermail.org)
        !            55:          CVS password: <-- hit RETURN (cvs user password is blank) 
        !            56: 
        !            57:      - Now you're ready to grab the source
        !            58:   
        !            59:          $ cvs checkout hypermail 
        !            60: 
        !            61:        This  will  create a mirror of the sources in your account/on your
        !            62:        machine  called  'hypermail'  that  you  can then compile and play
        !            63:        with.
        !            64: 
        !            65:      - Once done, don't forget to log out:
        !            66: 
        !            67:          $ cvs logout 
        !            68:    
        !            69:    All  of  the  above  commands can be performed without having to set a
        !            70:    CVSROOT  enviroment if you want, it's just a lot more to type in since
        !            71:    you'll have to specify the directory every time with:
        !            72:    
        !            73:      -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.hypermail.org:/CVS
        !            74: 
        !            75:    For  example, you would need to use the following to execute the login
        !            76:    command
        !            77:        
        !            78:      cvs -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.hypermail.org:/CVS login
        !            79:      cvs -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.hypermail.org:/CVS checkout hypermail
        !            80:      cvs -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.hypermail.org:/CVS logout   
        !            81:   
        !            82: ------------------------------------
        !            83: Browsing the Hypermail CVS Archive:
1.1       kahan      84: 
1.4     ! fumi       85:     You can also browse the repository at: 
1.1       kahan      86: 
1.4     ! fumi       87:        http://cvsweb.hypermail.org/
1.1       kahan      88: 
1.4     ! fumi       89:                                     ----