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On patching without write access to CVS



Folks,

Thanks to Andrew Dunstan for pointing me toward cvsutils.  As not
everybody knows about them, here's a small patch which lets people
know at least in theory where they are.

Cheers,
D
-- 
David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> http://fetter.org/
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Index: doc/FAQ_DEV
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/FAQ_DEV,v
retrieving revision 1.135
diff -c -r1.135 FAQ_DEV
*** doc/FAQ_DEV	5 May 2007 14:33:55 -0000	1.135
--- doc/FAQ_DEV	14 May 2007 01:56:11 -0000
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*** 108,114 ****
     work. Failure to do so might mean your patch is rejected. If your work
     is being sponsored by a company, read this article for tips on being
     more effective.
!    
     A web site is maintained for patches awaiting review,
     http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches, and those that are
     being kept for the next release,
--- 108,120 ----
     work. Failure to do so might mean your patch is rejected. If your work
     is being sponsored by a company, read this article for tips on being
     more effective.
! 
!    To create patches which would otherwise require that you have write
!    access to the CVS repository, for example ones that add or remove
!    files, you can use cvsutils.  The cvsutils toolchain is packaged
!    for many operating systems and available in source form at
!    http://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils/
! 
     A web site is maintained for patches awaiting review,
     http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches, and those that are
     being kept for the next release,
Index: doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.42
diff -c -r1.42 cvs.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml	27 Mar 2007 01:45:22 -0000	1.42
--- doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml	14 May 2007 01:56:11 -0000
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*** 15,20 ****
--- 15,24 ----
      <firstname>Thomas</firstname>
      <surname>Lockhart</surname>
     </author>
+    <author>
+     <firstname>David</firstname>
+     <surname>Fetter</surname>
+    </author>
    </authorgroup>
    <date>1999-05-20</date>
   </appendixinfo>
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*** 150,155 ****
--- 154,166 ----
     comes with <productname>CVS</productname>, or see the online
     documentation at <ulink url="http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/";></ulink>.
    </para>
+   <para>
+    For those things which <productname>CVS</productname> does not do
+    by itself, such as letting you create patches without write access,
+    you can use <productname>cvsutils</productname>, which is packaged
+    for many operating systems, or available in source form at <ulink
+    url="http://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils/";></ulink>.
+   </para>
   </sect1>
  
   <sect1 id="cvs-tree">


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