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Re: How to install packages...
Soren A wrote:
> Robert Collins <rbcollins@cygwin.com> wrote in
> 1032604599.10933.113.camel@lifelesswks:">news:1032604599.10933.113.camel@lifelesswks:
>
> > Secondly, if at all possible, submit a change against the website CVS.
>
> A second follow-up.
>
> Robert (and anyone), the "if at all possible" definitely looks not-good. I
> cannot figure out where in the redhat cvs repos is the Cygwin website.
http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/htdocs/?cvsroot=cygwin
> I see a module Listing with modules like "naked-gas" (<lol>) or "winsup"
> but nothing that looks like it would be htdocs. Also, even if I *find* it,
> does the way cvs works mean I'd have to checkout the entire cygwin site
> module to my hd?
You could just checkout index.html.
> I have very limited disk space available at the present
> time. Any cvs co much over 50MB would overflow my available space or render
> my system unusable.
Ouch. Harddisc shopping time?
> There's no such thing in cvs as getting only "part of"
> a module, is there?
Yes, you can get any subdir or single files, or any dir without its subdirs
(-l).
> And also is there any cvs command for simply listing
> which modules are available on a server (I am using the Web interface to
> browse the modules right now)
cvs co -c
> or what files are in a certain specific
> module?
Not that I know of. Anyone else know this?
Max.
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