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From: | Rez |
Subject: | RE: CVS Unix to Linux Migration |
Date: | Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:39:34 -0800 |
> Subject: Re: CVS Unix to Linux Migration > To: address@hidden > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 10:18:16 -0500 > CC: address@hidden > From: address@hidden > > Rez writes: > > > > 1- if the migration is more involved than simply tarballing the > > repository from the old server and untarring and mounting it on the new > > server? > > Nope, that's all you need to do. > > > 2- Because it's a migration by way of untarring, do I still need to > > execute "cvs -d /repo/path init" since the existing repo already > > contains the CVSROOT directory? > > You don't have to, but it won't hurt and it's a good idea. > Particularly if the new server is running a newer release of CVS than > the old server was. Good think I asked. It's a newer version, so I will run it just in case. Thanks. > > > 3- Also, I would like to get rid of some old projects in the > > repository before I migrate it, we don't need the history and don't need > > to save them, so could I just log into the old server as Admin and do an > > rm or mv command (carefully of course) w/o trashing or corrupting the > > repository? > > Yep. Yves, mentioned that I may corrupt my cvs log or rather render it useless by doing file system commands (mv, rm) if they're projects within the repository. I don't see a log anywhere. Where's the log and could I modify it manually? Thanks for all your help. > -- > Larry Jones > > The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present. > -- Hobbes Windows Liveā¢: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. See how it works. |
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