Re: [TCLUG-DEVEL:270] CVS questions

[Chris McKinley <lamfada@lugh.net>]

Use autoconf.

At webhelp.com we use make to check out & build dependencies.  We should 
be using autoconf/automake to provide the specific version management 
encapsulation.  But you should still use cvs.  It is just one tool in 
your arsenal.

-Chris

On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Eric M. Hopper wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 12:04:56PM -0700, Bill Gladen wrote:
> > The company I work for needs to implement version control.
> > 
> > We also need to track version dependance, much like the Debian update
> > stuff.  For instance, we need to be able to track that version 2.5 of
> > class/package X requires version 1.4 or greater of class/package Y.
> > 
> > We are leaning toward CVS for the versioning.  Can it do the version
> > dependance tracking?
> > 
> > If not, is there something else that can?  We'd prefer not to have to
> > spend too much time developing scripts and such.
> 
> 	Finally, someone asking something other than a fiddly-bit Java
> question.  *big grin*
> 
> 	No, CVS doesn't do that as far as I know.  You'd have to keep
> that information external to CVS.  I don't know of any package that does
> do it.
> 
> Have fun (if at all possible),
> -- 
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