[cvsnt] Re: modules2

[Tony Hoyle]

Harrison, Andrew wrote:

> I've just tried to use modules2 without success. I've added & commited the
> file modules2 to CVSROOT. The contents of which are simply:
> 
> [newproj]
> proj
> 
> "proj" is the name of an existing module. When I do cvs ls I do not see
> "newproj" listed, but I do see "proj" as expected. When I try to do a
> checkout on newproj the cvs server crashes (sometimes).

That should work...  although if you want to experiment with modules2 at the 
moment I the nightly builds are the most stable for it - I've already fixed 
some problems that were in the .41 builds - or maybe wait for the next 
unstable release.

> Do I need do delete the original modules file? It doesn't conatain anything
> other than # comment lines.

It shouldn't matter about the modules, as long as the definitions don't 
overlap (even then I don't think it would crash, just give strange results).

Tony


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