Do an initial login to the
CVS server:
+$ cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.postgresql.org:/home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot login
- You will be prompted for a password; enter 'postgresql'.
+ You will be prompted for a password; just press ENTER.
You should only need to do this once, since the password will be
saved in .cvspass in your home directory.
Fetch the
Postgres sources:
+cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.postgresql.org:/home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot co -P pgsql
which installs the
Postgres sources into a
# - Pull the full CVS repository, not just the latest snapshot
#
# Defaults that apply to all the collections
-*default host=postgresql.org
+*default host=cvsup.postgresql.org
*default compress
*default release=cvs
*default delete use-rel-suffix
# for the PostgreSQL ORDBMS project
#
# Defaults that apply to all the collections
-*default host=postgresql.org
+*default host=cvsup.postgresql.org
*default compress
*default release=cvs
*default delete use-rel-suffix
You can use pre-built binaries
if you have a platform for which binaries
are posted on
+
ftp.postgresql.org/pub">the Postgres ftp site,
or if you are running FreeBSD, for which
CVSup is available as a port.
If you have another platform, check for and download the appropriate binary from
+
ftp.postgresql.org/pub">the Postgres ftp site.