Re: [rdiff-backup-users] getting cvs version to run

[John covici]

Well, if its that soon, I can wait.

Thanks.

on Sunday 12/28/2008 Andrew Ferguson(address@hidden) wrote
 > 
 > On Dec 28, 2008, at 6:24 AM, John covici wrote:
 > > On my Linux system, I would like to run the cvs version of
 > > rdiff-backup by installing all the files in their proper places, etc.
 > > Is this possible?  If so, could you let me know the steps -- seems
 > > like all the pieces are not in the right places to do this.
 > 
 > John,
 > 
 > It is generally not recommended to run the CVS version by installing  
 > all of the pieces in the "installed" location -- if you do that, then  
 > you cannot use 'cvs update' to update all of the pieces at once. The  
 > recommended way to run it is to follow the directions in CVS-README.  
 > If you insist on installing the CVS version, then use the 'makedist'  
 > command in the dist folder. Please don't give it a version number of  
 > an actual release. (eg, use '1.2.3-John-CVS') That will build  
 > a .tar.gz, just like the ones you can download from the website.
 > 
 > If you are simply eager for the long list of current bugfixes, I  
 > suggest waiting. The next release will be in 0-2 days. :-)
 > 
 > 
 > Andrew
 > 
 > 
 > PS --
 > For example, `rdiff-backup` in my $PATH is just a shell script:
 > #!/bin/sh
 > 
 > RDB_CVS="/Users/owsla/backup coding/rdiff-backup-local"
 > PYTHONPATH="$RDB_CVS" "$RDB_CVS"/rdiff-backup "$@"
 > 
 > 
 > (although, maybe $@ shouldn't be in "" ? ... hmm, that's always  
 > worked, so far)

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         John Covici
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