CVS instructions within Windows FAQ

CVS instructions within Windows FAQ

[Stephen Eglen]

A colleague of mine recently wanted to install CVS version of Emacs.
After googling for "GNU emacs CVS", the second link was:

   http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/faq2.html

which said for install of CVS:

The following commands should checkout the current version of the source:

c:\>cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/emacs login
c:\>cvs -d:pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/emacs checkout emacs


On a Unix machine, after typing the first "login" command, and giving
an empty password, the command does not end; it has to be aborted.

Do these instructions need updating?  I note on subversions the 
command given is:

cvs -z3 -d:ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/emacs co emacs

Is that appropriate for the windows platform too?  Listing a command
that works on both windows and unix would be better for the faq.

Thanks,
Stephen

Re: CVS instructions within Windows FAQ

[Richard M. Stallman]

    Do these instructions need updating?  I note on subversions the 
    command given is:

    cvs -z3 -d:ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/emacs co emacs

    Is that appropriate for the windows platform too?

I have no way of knowing; could you try it, and tell us?
I think we have a volunteer to update the Windows Emacs FAQ,
so once we find out what's right here, the FAQ can be updated.

Re: CVS instructions within Windows FAQ

[Lennart Borgman]

Richard M. Stallman wrote:

>    Do these instructions need updating?  I note on subversions the 
>    command given is:
>
>    cvs -z3 -d:ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/emacs co emacs
>
>    Is that appropriate for the windows platform too?
>
>I have no way of knowing; could you try it, and tell us?
>I think we have a volunteer to update the Windows Emacs FAQ,
>so once we find out what's right here, the FAQ can be updated.
>  
>
Until the FAQ is updated I have put up instructions here:

     http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/w32-build-emacs.html

You can also find a script there for building Emacs from CVS on MS Windows.