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"Software" Documentation - Installationsystem - CVS usage
The installation system is designed to work CVS to delevelop and maintain components. It can be instructed to checkout components from a CVS repository and keep them in sync with it. This page describes how the installation system can be used together with the CVS repositories at the CeBiTec.
Table of Contents
- Requirements
- Getting the installation system
- /Getting components
- /Keeping components in sync
- /Updating component configuration
- /Differences to production use
- /Example: Checking out GenDB
Author: Burkhard Linke
Requirements
- access to the CeBiTec network, e.g. unix account
- membership in the "gendb" unix group at CeBiTec
- CVS configured to access the repositories at the CeBiTec
- a recent version of Perl (e.g. latest 5.8. build)
- a recent version of CVS (1.11 or newer)
- XML::DOM
The lists do not includes the requirements for the components itself ! Setting up CVS correctly may require you to set the environment variables CVSROOT and CVS_RSH. Consult the CVS documentation or send a mail to the support desk.
Getting the installation system
The installation system itself is maintained in a CVS repository at the CeBiTec site.