netbsd-bugs: Re: misc/15797: Lack of CVSROOT/options file foils CVSup $NetBSD$ expansion

Subject: Re: misc/15797: Lack of CVSROOT/options file foils CVSup $NetBSD$ expansion
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org>
From: Chris Richards <richards+netbsd@CS.Princeton.EDU>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/04/2002 03:04:53

On Mon, 04 Mar 2002, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> > The mirror, if it mirrored the "anoncvs" collection, would it not pick
> > up everything under ftp.netbsd.org:/pub/NetBSD-cvs/main, including
> > pub/NetBSD-cvs/main/CVSROOT?
> 
> Yes, but anoncvs mirrors don't mirror from the sup/ftp/rsync machine.
> They mirror directly from the anoncvs machine using rsync (no need to add
> another indirection).

I'm missing something.  Why couldn't the required "CVSROOT/options"
file be placed in the CVSROOT directory on the anoncvs machine?

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CDR