Michael Schwendt <fedora(a)wir-sind-cool.org>:
> > Update the spec file and the patch files, update the
source
> > look-aside, make tag, make build, not much to it really.
>
> What's a "source look-aside" in this context?
Large binary files (like tarballs) are not stored in CVS, but on a
separate HTTP-based "look-aside cache server". It's where the Makefiles in
CVS upload/download them to/from. The files' names and checksums are
stored in CVS (in a file with the name "sources") together with the
package spec file, patch files, ...
Thanks. This sounds like the kind of detail I need to know to write
my script.
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