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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. |