Platform Symphony CVS setting
1. Set CVSROOT environment variable in .login file, remember to replace userID with appropriate value
setenv CVSROOT :pserver:userID@cvssrv:/cvs/CVS
or if you can not successfully ping host 'cvssrv'
setenv CVSROOT :pserver:userID@catocvs2.corp.platform.com:/cvs/CVS

2. For Tundra design CVS repository
cvs co design/symphony/tundra (first time)
cvs update (afterwards,make sure you are in the cvs directory e.g. with the cvs subdirectory)

3. For Taiga CVS repository
cvs co symphony (first time)
cvs update (afterwards, make sure you are in the cvs directory e.g. with the cvs subdirectory)


4. Using wincvs
(1) download wincvs from http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cvsgui/WinCvs20-2.zip?use_mirror=umn

(2) install wincvs, just following the installation instructions

(3) Menu-->[Admin]-->[login...]--> set CVSROOT to the right value (see step 1.) -->input your password

(4) Menu-->[Remote]-->[checkout module...]-->set module name (see step 2.) and CVSROOT and local directory name--> click ok and done
- posted by Pop @ 10:47 AM