I also had problems getting WinCVS to work to taste. I was frustrating as I didn't need to go into the whole facility - I just wanted a sync'ed local copy. I bought a book on CVS but it started to consume a lot of time to use
I finally got WinCVS to create a new local copy by using the command line functionality ( login, etc) included in WinCVS. From then on the sync stuff (update) worked fine (though I had to search around for an option in the update). I suspect that WinCVS is a little bit behind the complete CVS syntax. I suppose there might be a lesson here but I've move on. Robert Ramey >"Edward Diener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> How does one get the latest Boost CVS source ? I have WinCVS but have never >> been able to figure out how to use it to get CVS source on the Internet >> anywhere. Would anyone like to run me through it ? I know it has something >> to do with server access but I am dumbfounded by the WinCVS doc, >The easiest and most reliable way to use CVS to get the Boost CVS >sources is to use the cvs command-line tool (a cvs.exe is part of your >WinCVS installation) and to simply follow verbatim the instructions >for anonymous CVS access at: > http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=7586 >Using "boost" for the modulename. It's only two lines you need to >type. >I know WinCVS is supposed to make things easier, but for many jobs it >really doesn't - you have to figure out how the instructions everyone >else uses can be translated into equivalent checkboxes and menu items >in WinCVS, and eventually you need to understand how the command-line >works because the abstraction layer provided by WinCVS always "leaks" >the underlying implementation details. >Dave Abrahams _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost