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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2013-12-08 13:18:11 -0500
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2013-12-08 13:18:11 -0500
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Redirect references to the CVS repository to the Savannah project page.
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@@ -36,35 +36,10 @@ useful for groff.
The most recent released version of `groff' is always available by
anonymous ftp from `ftp.gnu.org' in the directory `gnu/groff'.
-The current development version of `groff' is available from a `CVS'
-repository.
+The current development version of `groff' is available from a
+repository which you can find through the Savannah project page for groff:
-It makes sense if you first declare the following shell variable in
-your system:
-
- export CVS_RSH
- CVS_RSH=ssh
-
-You can access it then by selecting a parent directory in which to
-create a working copy (call it, say, `~/cvswork'), and then executing
-the commands
-
- cd ~/cvswork
- cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org/sources/groff -z5 co groff
-
-This creates a subdirectory, `~/cvswork/groff', with a `checked out'
-copy of the `CVS' repository. An update of this working copy may be
-achieved, at any later time by invoking the commands
-
- cd ~/cvswork/groff
- cvs -z5 update -dP
-
-Please read the `CVS' info pages for further details.
-
-Finally, it is possible to access the `CVS' with a web browser by
-pointing it to
-
- http://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=groff
+ http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/groff
Alternatively, you can download snapshots (which are updated twice a
day). The complete `groff' source as a single file is available at
@@ -95,7 +70,7 @@ following tools to build `groff' directly from its source:
bison >= 1.875b or byacc
Note that `texinfo' and `bison' or `byacc' are required only for
-building from `CVS' sources (either a checked out working copy, or a
+building from repository sources (either a checked out working copy, or a
daily snapshot). They are not required for building from a stable
release tarball. Also note that the version numbers stated are the
minimum supported. No version of `texinfo' < 4.8 works, and the
@@ -105,7 +80,7 @@ update to a later version *before* posting a bug report.
For *all* sources, you need ghostscript for creation of either `PDF' or
`HTML' output; the `netpbm' and `psutils' packages are required only
-for `HTML' output (and for compilation from the CVS). If you don't
+for `HTML' output (and for compilation from the repository). If you don't
intend to produce output in either of these formats, then these
packages are unnecessary.