[mythtv] CVS Server down?

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Wednesday 29 September 2004 10:02, Demorechner Meiersos wrote:
> Where should I post for example a file with new RSS Feeds for German 
> user? 
> Here in the "development" forum or in the "commit" forum?  

The -commit list is read-only, you can't post to it.
The -dev list is for discussion of development issues or submitting 
patches.
The -users list is for everything else Myth-related.

If you think the file with RSS feeds is something that needs to be added 
to the CVS repository, then submit it to the -dev list.  Otherwise, if 
it's just a list of feeds for users to add to their MythNews setup, I'd 
say the -users list would be the appropriate place.

> Here the question:
> To use a patch I have to use the command:
> patch -p1 < Patch.file
> or
> patch -p0 < Patch.file
>
> But how do I create a Patch? In the gossamer thread I found several
> different solutions and I didn't want to look through all the 500+
> messages with the word "patch" in it. For example:
>
> cvs diff -u > Patch.file
> or
> cvs -z3 diff -ud > Patch.file

Both commands will produce the same or similar results.  The only 
difference of any significance to the output is the '-d' option (see 
below).

The '-z3' option just specifies the compression level for transferring 
stuff over the 'net.

The '-d' option is passed to the 'diff' program.  From the 'diff' man 
page:
  -d  --minimal  Try hard to find a smaller set of changes.

The '-u' option is also passed to 'diff'.  It specifies that we want a 
'unified' diff format.  This is the format that Isaac & most other 
developers prefer for patches as it's the most human-readable.

>
> Does this make a Patchfile with all the differences in all the files?
> How do I do this for only one file? For example "news-sites.xlm"

This will create a differences file (patch) for all CVS-controlled files 
in the current directory.  Use the '-R' option to recurse 
subdirectories.  To process only specific files, specify them on the 
command line like so:

cvs diff -u file1 file2 ... fileN > patchfile

>
> Hope I did all the things right with my Posting.

No major faux pas.  Nice to have you aboard.

-JAC