[rancid] Controlling Version numbers in CVS

[Gregers Paludan Nakman]

Hi Gurus



What is the best way to control and update version numbers in CVS for config
files saved by rancid?

[john heasley]

Post by Gregers Paludan Nakman
Hi Gurus
What is the best way to control and update version numbers in CVS for config
files saved by rancid?

[Gregers Paludan Nakman]

< http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/notes/cvs/revisions.html

< I believe the following command is what you are looking for:

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<cvs commit -r 2 <file>



Hi Ron



I tried to use this command with one config file in the cvs. It worked J the
revision number was updated and everything looked good, until I looked in
the log files of rancid.



Rancid was not able to update the config files anymore. L I might have done
something wrong, but I don't know what.



John Heasley wrote to me:

"I know of no way to jump revisions in cvs or svn. "



So I guess that this feature is not available in Rancid (yet?)



Br

Gregers

[Alex DEKKER]

Post by Gregers Paludan Nakman
I tried to use this command with one config file in the cvs. It worked J
the revision number was updated and everything looked good, until I looked
in the log files of rancid.
Rancid was not able to update the config files anymore. L I might have done
something wrong, but I don't know what.

I would guess you ran this command as a user [eg root] other than the one you
run RANCID as [eg rancid]. Check the ownership/permissions on RANCIDs files.

Post by Gregers Paludan Nakman
"I know of no way to jump revisions in cvs or svn. "
So I guess that this feature is not available in Rancid (yet?)

It would be a feature of your version control system, not RANCID.

alexd