Re: [parisc-linux] CVS checkouts on ftp server

[Andrew Shugg <andrew@neep.com.au>]

Matthew Wilcox said:
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 12:21:23PM +0800, Andrew Shugg wrote:
> > I was trawling through ftp.parisc-linux.org/cvs looking for a tarball of
> > the linux-2.5 tree and couldn't see anything, apart from a /cvs/2.5
> > directory (which is currently empty).
> 
> Those aren't currently being generated (AFAIK).  What _is_ being generated
> are the patches against upstream: http://ftp.parisc-linux.org/2.5/kernel-src/

Ah yes, I saw those.  But then I'll need to make a vanilla Linus tree,
and I am lazy.  I mean, streamlined and efficient.  =)

> > Is there enough disk space to do a linux-2.5 tarball for the FTP server?
> 
> Yes, certainly.  Do you still want that, given the existance of these
> patches?

It'd be nice.  Yes, I'd like it, if it's not a problem for anyone.
Otherwise I'll try the above method, or slowly drag it out of CVS.  I'm
assuming that occasional linux-2.5 tarballs might be useful for people
other than me of course ...

> > Also the /cvs directory contains a few files that look like stuff-ups
> > from the CVS tarball roller: linux-.tar.gz and patch-.diff.gz ...
> 
> I can see them... but I can also see the CVS scripts are still running.
> Possibly they'll be renamed later.

Doesn't seem to be; they're empty files (though > 0 bytes from gzip).  I
think the checkout script is using an empty variable, eg linux-$i.tar.gz
or whatever.  The 'latest' softlinks are to these empty files.  I can't
see any likely-looking tarball-rolling scripts in CVSROOT/ so I'm unable
to investigate further.

Andrew.

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