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Old 14th May 2012
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I missed this question, and wanted to take a moment to answer it.
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Originally Posted by comet--berkeley View Post
Is there a checksum somewhere for the src.tar.gz, and sys.tar.gz files?
Not to my knowledge. However you need not use them if you do not wish to; their use merely reduces load on a CVS server (and bandwidth for you) on initial checkout of a -stable or -current working directory.

These tarballs are -release sources, converted from a CVS working directory into a standard file hierarchy via the cvs(1) export command. To use them, you would have unpacked these tarballs, and then converted the directory structure back into a CVS working directory with a cvs(1) checkout command. The process is described under FAQ 5.3.3 in "Pre-loading the tree" and in the AnonCVS FAQ under "Getting Started with Anonymous CVS".

Last edited by jggimi; 14th May 2012 at 05:14 PM. Reason: clarity
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