Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Cygwin/XFree86 DocBook-based FAQ Draft 4

[Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>]

On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 12:07:38AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
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>From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
>To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
>Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 9:51 AM
>Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Cygwin/XFree86 DocBook-based FAQ Draft 4
>
>
>> >
>> >Thank you.
>> >
>> >Next question: can we run scripts on that server to generate web site
>> >content from the cvs tree and copy to the web site?. Or do we check
>it
>> >out, build locally and "install" into a sandbox for the website?
>>
>> The existing repository in cygwin/xfree that currently holds the web
>> pages is already auto-mirrored.  Anything that gets checked in there
>> shows up on the web server automatically.
>
>Uhmm, yeah I know that. (Xfree86/Cygwin web site page maintainer :])

I guess my subtle hint wasn't enough.

>What I mean is, it would be neat to be able to change a xml source file
>in the doc module, and have a script run (say nightly, or even just via
>ssh) that checkouts a sandbox of the doc module, builds the doco and
>"installs" that into the web pages. (presumably by dropping it into a
>checkedout web module and checking that in).

I don't see any reason to have this running on the server.  You could
as easily generate a script that you could run on your own system
that did everything you needed.

So, I guess the short answer to your question is "No.  There is no
way to do this on sources.redhat.com."

cgf