Subject: Re: tarfile/sup inconsistency
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
From: Iain Hibbert <plunky@skate.demon.co.uk>
List: netbsd-help
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