On Mon, 19 Aug 2002 @ 11:56am (+1000), Piers Hearn wrote:

PH> At 09:30 19/08/2002, Gan Uesli Starling wrote:
PH> >Am presently running NetBSD 1.5.2 and want
PH> >to upgrade. Thought I'd try CVS. First thought
PH> >I'd make a go with NetBSD-current, and started
PH> >this...
PH> ># cvs checkout -P src
PH> >But while reading the caveats I got wet feet
PH> >and killed that. Then I thought I'd try to
PH> >get NetBSD 1.5.3 via CVS. So I did...
PH> ># cvs checkout -rnetbsd-1-5 src
PH>
PH> Just a quick note, but I think you'll find that you've got 1.5.4 Alpha
PH> release now  (or whatever that branch is up to), rather than the 1.5.3 you
PH> were expecting.
PH>
PH> >And it is busy with the 2nd checkout right now.
PH> >It did not object to my doing that. My question
PH> >is: Will I be okay to proceed as if I had not
PH> >started with "current" and then killed it? Can I
PH> >go on after the "release" checkout is done?
PH>
PH> Er, not sure on this one, I think it might depend on how far through the
PH> previous checkout attempt it got. I would probably trash the src directory
PH> before doing the 1.5 checkout.

...use cvs [-t] [other global switches] [command] [command switches]
	...to watch the status of the checkout

	-lava

PH>
PH> >Thanks,
PH> >Gan
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