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Re: RTFM? [ was Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'
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Greg A. Woods |
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Re: RTFM? [ was Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'"] |
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Wed, 11 Jul 2001 00:33:13 -0400 (EDT) |
[ On Tuesday, July 10, 2001 at 16:40:04 (+0200), Pascal Bourguignon wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: RTFM? [ was Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as
> 'root'"]
>
> Well, you're not alone having difficulties with the CVS manual. Either
> a good number of CVS users like me are dumb or indeed there's a
> problem with the manual.
I think part of the problem is with this word "read". It's been quite a
long time since I sat down and actually read the manual.
I tend to use the 's' key in "info" a lot, and that can result in worse
side-tracking and unapplicable references than typing "sex" into Google.
I think that if people (including even me!) actually _read_ the manual
then there would be far less complaint. Texinfo manuals are, after all,
generally written in such a way as to lend themselves far more to being
read than to being used as a reference, and the CVS manual is no
different in this respect.
I still use (not "read", exactly) the old troff manual sometimes simply
because it's a better reference despite being effectively deprecated and
out-of-date.
--
Greg A. Woods
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- Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'", (continued)
- Attention CVS Zealots (was Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'"), John Minnihan, 2001/07/09
- Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'", Larry Jones, 2001/07/09
- Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'", Greg A. Woods, 2001/07/09
- RTFM? [ was Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'"], David Taylor, 2001/07/09
- Re: RTFM? [ was Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'"], Greg A. Woods, 2001/07/10
- Re: RTFM? [ was Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'"], Pascal Bourguignon, 2001/07/10
- Re: RTFM? [ was Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'"],
Greg A. Woods <=
- Re: RTFM? [ was Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'"], Robert Koberg, 2001/07/11
RE: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'", Matthew Von-Maszewski, 2001/07/08
Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'", Greg A. Woods, 2001/07/08