-
+
- At least two methods,
- an
onymous CVS and
CVSup,
+ At least t
hree methods, anonymous CVS, rsync,
are available to pull the
CVS code tree from the
PostgreSQL server to your local machine.
+
+
Getting The Source Via rsync
+
+ An alternative to using anonymous CVS for retrieving the
+
PostgreSQL source tree is
+
rsync, an incremental file transfer tool.
+ A major advantage to using
rsync is that it
+ can reliably replicate the entire CVS repository
+ on your local system, allowing fast local access to cvs>
+ operations such as and .
+ Other advantages include fast synchronization to the
+
PostgreSQL server due to an efficient
+ streaming transfer protocol which only sends the changes since the last
+ update.
+
+
+ You can download the CVS repository using this command:
+rsync -avzCH --delete rsync.postgresql.org::pgsql-cvs cvsroot/
+
+ For full instructions, see the "rsync" section in the
+ pgbuildfarm instructions.
+
+
+
Getting The Source Via CVSup
- An alternative to using anonymous CVS for retrieving
+ Another alternative to using anonymous CVS for retrieving
the
PostgreSQL source tree
- A major advantage to using
-
CVSup is that it can reliably
- replicate the entire CVS repository on your local system,
- allowing fast local access to cvs> operations such as
- and . Other advantages include fast synchronization to
- the
PostgreSQL server due to an efficient
- streaming transfer protocol which only sends the changes since the last update.
-
-
Preparing A CVSup Client System