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Re: 4.3.0.1 Possible Release and Keeping XFree86 CVS Up to Date
- From: Alexander Gottwald <alexander dot gottwald at s1999 dot tu-chemnitz dot de>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:26:42 +0200 (MEST)
- Subject: Re: 4.3.0.1 Possible Release and Keeping XFree86 CVS Up to Date
- References: <3F26C31C.4090807@msu.edu>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> I am working on pulling the 4.3.0.1 tree:
>
> export CVS_RSH=ssh
> export CVSROOT=anoncvs@anoncvs.xfree86.org:/cvs
> cvs -z3 checkout -r xf-4_3_0_1 xc > cvs-checkout.log 2>&1
>
>
> I will be copying over the latest hw/xwin files and a few misc. patches
> and building the 4.3.0.1 tree for possible release. I am going to try
> my hand at packaging this up again to see if I run into any problems.
> If all goes well, I might post it as a test release... but it will
> probably be a test release dependent upon Cygwin1.dll v 1.5.1 (or
> whatever the most recent release is).
> As for keeping the XFree86 CVS tree up to date, am I right that I should
> be sending patches against XFree86 CVS xf-4_3-branch, instead of the
> xf-4_3_0_1 snapshot? Could I do this with:
>
> cd xc/programs/Xserver/hw
> cvs diff -U3 -r xf-4_3-branch xwin > xwin.diff
the xf-4_3_0_1 snapshot is part of the xf-4_3 branch. So if you checkout
the snapshot, you have the latest from the xf-4_3 branch. A simple cvs diff
will create a diff against the xf-4_3 branch.
> The main question here is can I make diffs against the specified branch
> rather than the branch that I have locally? I assume the answer is yes,
> but some confirmation from others before I waste time looking into it
> would be helpful.
I think cvs diff -r tagname will do this. But it also includes all changes
made in both branches.
bye
ago
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