Drupalers,
I'm new to using CVS for checking out Drupal. I just tried to update an installation that I had installed via a CVS checkout.
Via the command line, and in the drupal directory, I typed: cvs update -dP
I was pleased to see some messages from the terminal that led me to believe it was a successful update. But after it was done, my site was still 5.3, like it was before the update.
Based on my limited knowledge of CVS, I think the problem might have been with my original CVS command, which was:
cvs -z6 -d:pserver:anonymous:anonymous@cvs.drupal.org:/cvs/drupal co -r DRUPAL-5-3 drupal
Is this essentially impossible to update since I explicitly wrote 5-3? Should I just have written Drupal-5 to get the latest version of the Drupal 5 branch which would then be updatable with the cvs update command?
Do I need to start over with a fresh CVS checkout?
Would this be the correct command:
cvs -z6 -d:pserver:anonymous:anonymous@cvs.drupal.org:/cvs/drupal co -r DRUPAL-5 drupal
Thanks for the help.
Shai content2zero http://content2zero.com
On Saturday, February 2 2008 7:51:07 pm Shai Gluskin wrote:
Drupalers,
I'm new to using CVS for checking out Drupal. I just tried to update an installation that I had installed via a CVS checkout.
Via the command line, and in the drupal directory, I typed: cvs update -dP
I was pleased to see some messages from the terminal that led me to believe it was a successful update. But after it was done, my site was still 5.3, like it was before the update.
Based on my limited knowledge of CVS, I think the problem might have been with my original CVS command, which was:
cvs -z6 -d:pserver:anonymous:anonymous@cvs.drupal.org:/cvs/drupal co -r DRUPAL-5-3 drupal
Is this essentially impossible to update since I explicitly wrote 5-3?
You could go into each CVS directory and edit each Tag file to remove the "-3", but I'm not actually sure that would work, and there are a lot of them.
Should I just have written Drupal-5 to get the latest version of the Drupal 5 branch which would then be updatable with the cvs update command?
Yes.
Do I need to start over with a fresh CVS checkout?
That's probably the best way to go.
Would this be the correct command:
cvs -z6 -d:pserver:anonymous:anonymous@cvs.drupal.org:/cvs/drupal co -r DRUPAL-5 drupal
Yes.
Thanks for the help.
Shai content2zero http://content2zero.com
Jason and others,
Thank you so much,
I've followed my plan, reinforced by your "yes" comments.
The only thing that surprised me a bit is that what was installed was 5.8-dev, not 5.7.
There isn't anything unstable or experimental about 5.8-dev, is there?
My goals are to: 1. use CVS for more convenient updating 2. use the latest stable version Drupal that has the modules I need.
I hope these goals are not incompatible.
thanks again for the reassurance,
Shai
On 2/2/08, Jason Flatt drupal@oadaeh.net wrote:
On Saturday, February 2 2008 7:51:07 pm Shai Gluskin wrote:
Drupalers,
I'm new to using CVS for checking out Drupal. I just tried to update an installation that I had installed via a CVS checkout.
Via the command line, and in the drupal directory, I typed: cvs update -dP
I was pleased to see some messages from the terminal that led me to
believe
it was a successful update. But after it was done, my site was still 5.3
,
like it was before the update.
Based on my limited knowledge of CVS, I think the problem might have
been
with my original CVS command, which was:
cvs -z6 -d:pserver:anonymous:anonymous@cvs.drupal.org:/cvs/drupal co -r DRUPAL-5-3 drupal
Is this essentially impossible to update since I explicitly wrote 5-3?
You could go into each CVS directory and edit each Tag file to remove the "-3", but I'm not actually sure that would work, and there are a lot of them.
Should I just have written Drupal-5 to get the latest version of the
Drupal
5 branch which would then be updatable with the cvs update command?
Yes.
Do I need to start over with a fresh CVS checkout?
That's probably the best way to go.
Would this be the correct command:
cvs -z6 -d:pserver:anonymous:anonymous@cvs.drupal.org:/cvs/drupal co -r DRUPAL-5 drupal
Yes.
Thanks for the help.
Shai content2zero http://content2zero.com
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On Saturday, February 2 2008 8:33:34 pm Shai Gluskin wrote:
Jason and others,
Thank you so much,
I've followed my plan, reinforced by your "yes" comments.
The only thing that surprised me a bit is that what was installed was 5.8-dev, not 5.7.
There isn't anything unstable or experimental about 5.8-dev, is there?
The tags don't work that way for core. Any development would be done in 5.x-dev. Also, there is no development being done in Drupal 5.x, only security patches and occasional bug fixes. Here's the list of core branches and tags:
DRUPAL-5-8 will only exist when they tag 5.x-dev with whatever changes have been applied to DRUPAL-5.
My goals are to:
- use CVS for more convenient updating
- use the latest stable version Drupal that has the modules I need.
What you have with DRUPAL-5 is the latest there is to have.
I hope these goals are not incompatible.
thanks again for the reassurance,
Shai
If you want to get a handle on CVS with Drupal, start here and read every relevant thing under it: http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs
Also, anything on the dev mail list from dww for the last year and a half or so about CVS or project management.
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Jason Flatt -
Shai Gluskin