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Re: RTFM? [ was Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'


From: Greg A. Woods
Subject: Re: RTFM? [ was Re: "cvs [commit aborted]: cannot commit files as 'root'"]
Date: 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out-of-date.

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