Subject: Re: tarfile/sup inconsistency
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: Iain Hibbert <plunky@skate.demon.co.uk>
List: current-users
Date: 05/05/1996 13:31:19
On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> 
> David Brownlee writes:
> > 	The tarfiles contain the CVS directories, but the sup
> > 	distributions do not appear to. If you 'kickstart' sup by
> > 	pulling down a tarfile then sup will be unable to delete any	
> > 	directories as the will always have a 'CVS' subdir.
> > 
> > 	Is it possible to make the tarfiles either not include the CVS
> > 	subdirs, or for the sup to include them?
> 
> For some of us, having the CVS subdirs is very useful.

how about having a CVS.tar.gz file also that contains all the CVS directories
(it could even be put with the othersrc files along with cvs, which will be
needed)

]ain