From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
Subject: | HISTORY, INSTALL, README.CVS |
Date: | 2004-03-10 00:29:55 |
Message-ID: | 200403100029.i2A0Ttx15352@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > One idea would be to replace file content with a single URL that
> > points to the development docs, then when the tarball is built, it
> > can overwrite those files.
>
> Please do not automatically overwrite files that are in CVS. That will
> lead to trouble. An alternative, which is actually in quite common
> use, is to simply provide a file README.cvs that explains various
> things about dealing with a CVS check out tree. When you make a
> tarball, you simply delete the file.
OK, I have removed HISTORY and INSTALL from CVS, and added a README.CVS
which contains URL's to that content.
Marc, would you modify your tar build script to remove README.CVS from
the tar file?
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