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CVS code repository

Thomas Lockhart

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Do an initial login to the <productname>CVS</productname> server:

<programlisting>

$ cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@postgresql.org:/home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot login

$ cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.postgresql.org:/home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot login

</programlisting>

You will be prompted for a password;enter '<literal>postgresql</literal>'.

You will be prompted for a password;just press<literal>ENTER</literal>.

You should only need to do this once, since the password will be

saved in <literal>.cvspass</literal> in your home directory.

</para>

<para>

Fetch the <productname>Postgres</productname> sources:

<programlisting>

cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@postgresql.org:/home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot co -P pgsql

cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.postgresql.org:/home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot co -P pgsql

</programlisting>

which installs the <productname>Postgres</productname> sources into a

# - Pull the full CVS repository, not just the latest snapshot

#

# Defaults that apply to all the collections

*default host=postgresql.org

*default host=cvsup.postgresql.org

*default compress

*default release=cvs

*default delete use-rel-suffix

# for the PostgreSQL ORDBMS project

#

# Defaults that apply to all the collections

*default host=postgresql.org

*default host=cvsup.postgresql.org

*default compress

*default release=cvs

*default delete use-rel-suffix

You can use pre-built binaries

if you have a platform for which binaries

are posted on

<ulink url="ftp://postgresql.org/pub">the <productname>Postgres</productname> ftp site</ulink>,

<ulink url="ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub">the <productname>Postgres</productname> ftp site</ulink>,

or if you are running FreeBSD, for which

<productname>CVSup</productname> is available as a port.

<step performance="optional">

<para>

If you have another platform, check for and download the appropriate binary from

<ulink url="ftp://postgresql.org/pub">the <productname>Postgres</productname> ftp site</ulink>.

<ulink url="ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub">the <productname>Postgres</productname> ftp site</ulink>.

</para>

</step>

</substeps>