On Sun, 03 Mar 2002, Greg A. Woods wrote:

> I didn't know CVSup used a different configuration file from CVS....
> 
> NetBSD's CVS of course has a similar feature, and for CVS it is enabled
> in the CVSROOT/config file.  The content necessary to set a local tag is
> similar to what you show for CVSup:
> 
> 	tag=NetBSD
> 
> Would CVSup need the "options" file if CVSROOT/config existed and
> contained at least the above line?

Yes.  There's no mention of "CVSROOT/config" in the cvsupd manual
page, alas.

> In any case there should be a CVSROOT/config file shipped with the
> NetBSD CVS repository for similar reasons that you cite for CVSup's
> CVSROOT/options

[...]

> It would probably be a good idea for _ALL_ of the files in the NetBSD
> CVSROOT directory to be shipped with the repository (i.e. all the RCS
> files _and_ the checked out copy that CVS will actually read when
> accessing the repository)

I agree, if only because I would love to have a copy of NetBSD's
log_accum and commit_prep :-).

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CDR