186d7f5d3SJohn MarinoHere are references to RCS and related free software and documentation. 286d7f5d3SJohn MarinoSome of this information changes often; see the Frequently Asked Questions 386d7f5d3SJohn Marinofor more up-to-date references. 486d7f5d3SJohn Marino 586d7f5d3SJohn Marino $FreeBSD: src/gnu/usr.bin/rcs/REFS,v 1.5 1999/08/27 23:36:36 peter Exp $ 686d7f5d3SJohn Marino $DragonFly: src/gnu/usr.bin/rcs/REFS,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:25:47 dillon Exp $ 786d7f5d3SJohn Marino 886d7f5d3SJohn Marino 986d7f5d3SJohn MarinoFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 1086d7f5d3SJohn Marino 1186d7f5d3SJohn Marino<http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/Software-Engineering/> 1286d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://rtfm.mit.edu//pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/software-eng/> 1386d7f5d3SJohn Marino for software engineering; e.g. see 1486d7f5d3SJohn Marino <http://www.qucis.queensu.ca/Software-Engineering/blurb/rcs>. 1586d7f5d3SJohn Marino 1686d7f5d3SJohn Marino<http://www.iac.honeywell.com/Pub/Tech/CM/CMFAQ.html> 1786d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://rtfm.mit.edu//pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/software/config-mgmt/> 1886d7f5d3SJohn Marino for configuration management 1986d7f5d3SJohn Marino 2086d7f5d3SJohn Marino<http://www.winternet.com/~zoo/cvs/FAQ.txt> 2186d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://ftp.odi.com/pub/users/dgg/FAQ.gz> 2286d7f5d3SJohn Marino for CVS (see below) 2386d7f5d3SJohn Marino 2486d7f5d3SJohn Marino 2586d7f5d3SJohn MarinoRCS and related GNU project software 2686d7f5d3SJohn Marino 2786d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://ftp.cs.purdue.edu/pub/RCS/> 2886d7f5d3SJohn Marino The RCS project distribution directory also contains beta versions, 2986d7f5d3SJohn Marino ports, and prebuilt documentation. 3086d7f5d3SJohn Marino 3186d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/> 3286d7f5d3SJohn Marino The GNU project distribution directory contains: 3386d7f5d3SJohn Marino diffutils-N-tar.gz 3486d7f5d3SJohn Marino the latest diffutils release; recommended for RCS 3586d7f5d3SJohn Marino emacs-N-tar.gz 3686d7f5d3SJohn Marino The latest Emacs release contains VC, a version-control package 3786d7f5d3SJohn Marino that makes RCS easier to use. 3886d7f5d3SJohn Marino make-N-tar.gz 3986d7f5d3SJohn Marino GNU Make, which can automatically build from RCS files. 4086d7f5d3SJohn Marino rcs-N-tar.gz 4186d7f5d3SJohn Marino the latest RCS release 4286d7f5d3SJohn Marino cvs-N-tar.gz 4386d7f5d3SJohn Marino the latest official CVS release (see below) 4486d7f5d3SJohn Marino 4586d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/os2/gnu/devtools/> DOS, OS/2 ports 4686d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://ftp.cc.utexas.edu/microlib/nt/gnu/> NT port 4786d7f5d3SJohn Marino 4886d7f5d3SJohn Marino 4986d7f5d3SJohn MarinoCVS 5086d7f5d3SJohn Marino 5186d7f5d3SJohn MarinoCVS, the Concurrent Versions System, keeps tracks of source changes 5286d7f5d3SJohn Marinomade by groups of developers working on the same files concurrently, 5386d7f5d3SJohn Marinoallowing them to resync as needed. 5486d7f5d3SJohn Marino 5586d7f5d3SJohn Marino<http://www.winternet.com/~zoo/cvs/> 5686d7f5d3SJohn Marino<http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs-index.html> 5786d7f5d3SJohn Marino These pages have useful information about CVS. 5886d7f5d3SJohn Marino 5986d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/cvs-1.3.tar.gz> 6086d7f5d3SJohn Marino CVS 1.3 is the latest released version. 6186d7f5d3SJohn Marino 6286d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://ftp.delos.com/pub/cvs/alpha/cvs-1.4A2.tar.gz> 6386d7f5d3SJohn Marino CVS 1.4 is in alpha test, but it is recommended if you are installing CVS 6486d7f5d3SJohn Marino for the first time, or on a recent operating system. 6586d7f5d3SJohn Marino 6686d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/pub/os2/unix/> DOS, OS/2 ports 6786d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://ftp.cc.utexas.edu/microlib/nt/gnu/> NT port 6886d7f5d3SJohn Marino 6986d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://ftp.cyclic.com/pub/cvs/> 7086d7f5d3SJohn Marino Cyclic CVS adds network transparency to CVS; it supports efficient, 7186d7f5d3SJohn Marino reliable, and authenticated repository access via TCP/IP. 7286d7f5d3SJohn Marino 7386d7f5d3SJohn Marino 7486d7f5d3SJohn MarinoOther software that uses RCS 7586d7f5d3SJohn Marino 7686d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://ftp.nau.edu/pub/Aegis/> 7786d7f5d3SJohn Marino Aegis manages revisions, baselines, mandatory reviews, and mandatory testing. 7886d7f5d3SJohn Marino 7986d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://ftp.vix.com/pub/patches/csu/> 8086d7f5d3SJohn Marino BCS, the Baseline Configuration System, 8186d7f5d3SJohn Marino manages revisions, baselines, and staging areas. 8286d7f5d3SJohn Marino 8386d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://riftp.osf.org/pub/ode/> 8486d7f5d3SJohn Marino ODE, the Open Software Foundation Development Environment, 8586d7f5d3SJohn Marino manages revisions, builds, and sandboxes. 8686d7f5d3SJohn Marino OSF uses it for their own development. 8786d7f5d3SJohn Marino 8886d7f5d3SJohn Marino<ftp://bellcore.com/pub/Odin/> 8986d7f5d3SJohn Marino Odin, a `make' replacement, can build directly from arbitrary revisions 9086d7f5d3SJohn Marino without requiring checkouts of working copies. It also handles 9186d7f5d3SJohn Marino parallel builds on multiple remote hosts and of multiple variants. 92