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<title>GRASS CVS Intro</title>
+ <DEFANGED_link rel="stylesheet" href="../sitestyle.css" type="text/css">
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-<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
-<b><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>GRASS: How
-can I download the latest source code version from CVS (yes, I am a newbie)?
-Perhaps I only have a modem connection to the internet!</font></font></b>
-<p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>Answer:</font></font></b>
-<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>[The CVS is the Concurrent
+<h2>GRASS CVS Intro</h2>
+<h3>GRASS: How can I download the latest source code version from CVS (yes, I am a newbie)?
+Perhaps I only have a modem connection to the internet!</h3>
+
+<p><b>Answer:</b>
+<p>[The CVS is the Concurrent
Versioning System which is used to maintain GRASS source code. It is nice
as only new code is transfered over the network, which heavily reduces the traffic
-(and maybe phone costs).]</font></font>
-<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>To access the latest GRASS
+(and maybe phone costs).]
+<p>To access the latest GRASS
source code from our <a href="../grasscvs.html">CVS repository</a>, do
following (this assumes you want the latest source code to GRASS 5.3-cvs; see
-the page on <a href="../grasscvstags.html">CVS tags</a> for more information on obtaining source for other versions:</font></font>
+the page on <a href="../grasscvstags.html">CVS tags</a> for more information on obtaining source for other versions:
<ol>
<li>
-<font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>To reduce download time, get
+To reduce download time, get
the weekly <a href="../grass5/source/snapshot_experimental/">CVS snapshot</a>. It contains
the entire sources including the CVS subdirectories which you need to synchronize
-this package with CVS.</font></font></li>
+this package with CVS.</li>
<li>
-<font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>Extract this package as described
+Extract this package as described
<a href="../grass5/source/README.html">here</a>
(it is the README from the source directory). The full sources of the GRASS
-Project require about 140 MB.</font></font></li>
+Project require about 140 MB.</li>
<li>
-<font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>After extracting the sources,
+After extracting the sources,
you have to login into the CVS. To set up your CVS client for read access
simply set the environment variable CVSROOT to:<br>
<br>
-<tt>:pserver:grass-guest at intevation.de:/home/grass/grassrepository</tt></font></font><br>
+<tt>:pserver:grass-guest at intevation.de:/home/grass/grassrepository</tt><br>
<BR></li>
-<br><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>(Consult your shell or
+(Consult your shell or
cvs client on how to this. Example for unix bash:<br>
export CVSROOT=:pserver:grass-guest at intevation.de:/home/grass/grassrepository<br>
or for csh or tcsh:<br>
-setenv CVSROOT :pserver:grass-guest at intevation.de:/home/grass/grassrepository<br></font></font>
-<br><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>)</font></font>
+setenv CVSROOT :pserver:grass-guest at intevation.de:/home/grass/grassrepository<br>
+<br>)
<li>
-<font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>Then do a</font></font><br>
-<BR></li>
+Then do a<br>
+</li>
-<br><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0> <tt>cvs login</tt></font></font><br>
+<br> <tt>cvs login</tt>
<BR>
-<br><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0> and type "grass"
+<br> and type "grass"
when you are asked for password (note: your system will remember this
-next time).</font></font>
+next time).
<li>
-<font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>Now update the snapshot (as
-new code may have arrived): By invoking</font></font><br>
+Now update the snapshot (as
+new code may have arrived): By invoking<br>
<BR></li>
-<br><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0> <tt>cvs up -dP</tt></font></font><br>
+ <tt>cvs up -dP</tt>
<BR>
-<br><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0> the GRASS version
+<br> the GRASS version
on your machine is compared to the CVS version. Only new files will be
transfered. This CVS command will update your GRASS source code. Note:
This is rather fast and will take maybe 10-15min. depending on your modem
-speed.</font></font>
+speed.
<li>
-<font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>To compile, see the local INSTALL
-file (even for code optimization).</font></font></li>
+To compile, see the local INSTALL
+file (even for code optimization).</li>
</ol>
-<b><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>Updating the GRASS code
-later on:</font></font></b>
-<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>The snapshot has to be transmitted
+
+<h3>Updating the GRASS code later on:</h3>
+<p>GRASS 5.3-CVS: The snapshot has to be transmitted
once only. For future updates simply run the following command within the main GRASS
-source directory:</font></font>
-<br><tt><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0> cvs up
--dP</font></font></tt>
-<br><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>This will update your source
+source directory:
+<br><tt> cvs up
+-dP</tt>
+<br>This will update your source
code again. You can also just update a subdirectory: cd to this directory
-and use above command.</font></font>
-<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0>Enjoy ongoing GRASS 5 development!
+and use above command.
+<P>
+<P>GRASS 5.7: you have to keep in sync both 5.3-CVS and 5.7-CVS. Please refer
+to the INSTALL file within the 5.7 source code for details.
+
+<p>Enjoy ongoing GRASS 5 development!
<hr><a href="index.html">Go back to GRASS GIS FAQ...
-<hr></a><i>Last Modified: 3. Mar. 2004</i></font></font>
+<hr></a><i>Last Modified: $Date$</i>
<address>
-<font face="Arial, Helvetica"><font size=+0><a href="mailto:weblist at grass.itc.it">Markus
-Neteler</a></font></font></address>
+<a href="mailto:weblist at grass.itc.it">Markus Neteler</a></address>
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