The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
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Date Submitted |
Date Corrected |
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Page iii
The Table of Contents has been revised to include B-level headings. |
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page Back cover
The fourth paragraph has been changed to read "This Pocket |
Reference is the ultimate companion for Open Source developers."
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 2
In the first paragraph, the link has been changed to: |
http://www.cvshome.org/
The footnote at the bottom of the page has been removed.
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 4
In the first paragraph |
development-coordination
has been changed to:
development coordination" (no hyphen).
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 4
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In the fourth paragrapth, the first sentence has been changed to read:
For example, if one developer adds a parameter to a function definition,
it may be necessary to make all calls to that function pass an additional
parameter.
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 5
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In the first paragraph, the first sentence has been changed to read:
CVS tracks file versions by revision number, which you can use to
retrieve a particular revision from the repository.
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 5
On the last line of the page, the word "in" has been deleted, so it |
reads, "together (joined)."
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 6
In the example shown at the middle of the page |
user@localhost
has been removed from each line, so that only "$ " remains as the prompt.
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 9
In the second paragraph, the FTP link has been changed to: |
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 10
In the examples on this page, "root@localhost$" has been replaced |
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 11
Under the heading "Creating a Repository" at the top of the page, |
the prompt in the examples has been changed from "user@localhost$ " to "$ "
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 13
In the fourth paragraph, "...are replaced with the values" has been |
changed to "...are replaced by the values"
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 14
In Table 3, row 3, the description for "USER" has been changed to |
The name of the user running CVS; if using a remote repository, the
username must be known to the server
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 17
Under the variable term "TopLevelAdmin=value", the fourth line has |
been changed to read:
locator in that directory (see the "Repository Locators"
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 18
In the fourth paragraph |
allows
has been changed to:
directs
so it reads, "While the cvsignore file directs CVS to ignore certain files,
the..."
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 19
In the second paragraph |
against
has been changed to:
occuring in
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 21
The paragraph following the example for "Alias" has been changed to |
The effect of using an alias module name in a CVS command is exactly the
same as specifying the modules listed after the -a option on the command
line.
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 22
In Table 7, row 4, in the description for "-u prog", on the second |
line, "full path" has been changed to "absolute path".
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 26
In the first paragraph, "full path" has been changed to "absolute |
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 27-31
In the examples, "user@localhost" has been deleted from the |
prompts so the prompts are just "$ ".
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 33
In Table 9, row 7: the description for "-nname[:[rev]]" has been |
changed to:
Associate the symbolic name with the branch or revision specified.
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 33
In Table 9, rows 12 and 13: In these descriptions, "RCS file" has |
been changed to "RCS file(s)"
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 36
In Table 12, row 1, column 2: On the line beneath "path" |
:local: path
has been inserted.
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 36
In Table 12, row 1, col 3: At the end of the description for "Local" |
or it can use the :local: prefix.
has been inserted.
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 40
In the third paragraph, at the end of the last line,"(bash syntax)" |
has been changed to "(assuming CVS is installed in /usr/local/bin)".
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 43
In Table 15, last row: In the description for "Template", "Store" has |
been changed to "Stores".
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 45
In Table 17, row 2, col 2: the description for "-f" has been replaced |
with the following:
For commands that involve tags (via -r) or dates (via -D), include the
most recent revision of each file that is not tagged with the specified
tag or was notpresent on the specified date
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 48
In the last paragraph on the page, "full path" has been changed |
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 49
In the first paragraph, second line, the word "and" has been deleted, |
so it reads "file's path, leaving only the filename."
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 49
In the first line of the second paragraph, "retrieves" has been |
replaced with "was used to retrieve"
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 49
In the paragraph following the example, the last part of the |
sentence has been changed so it reads: "keyword, since CVS will expand them
if you do."
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 50
In the description for "Source" at the top of the page, "full path" |
has been changed to "absolute path".
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 53
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The last sentence of the second paragraph has been changed to read:
If no revision is specified, the head of the trunk revision of the trunk
branch is used.
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 53
Under "checkout", "module ..." has been placed in brackets similar |
to the items above it (i.e., "[ module ... ]").
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 54
In the last paragraph on the page, the word "sticky" has been placed |
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 56
In Table 23, row 3, col 2: the description for "-B" has been changed |
to:
Don't report differences in the number of blank lines
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 57
In Table 23, row 2, col 2: the description for "-u" has been changed |
to:
Use the unified diff output format
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 57
In Table 23, row 3, col 2: the description for "-U nlines" has been |
changed to:
Show this many lines of context on unified diff output format
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 58
In the second paragraph, "This can prepare" has been changed to |
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 58
In the example: "user@localhost" has been removed from the prompts |
so the prompt is simply "$ "
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 60
In Table 25, row 11, col 2: the word "last" has been deleted from |
the description for "-t tag"
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 66
In Table 34, row 4, col 2: the description for "-u" has been changed |
to "Use unified diff format". The footnote has also been changed.
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 69
In the fourth line of the second paragraph, "might want to tag" |
has been changed to "must tag"
In the first line of the fourth paragraph, "deletes" has been changed to
"destroys"
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 70
The last line of the fourth paragraph has been changed to: "versus |
the head revision of the trunk branch."
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 71
"user@localhost" has been deleted from the prompt so the prompt |
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
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Page 74
The head at the top of the page has been changed from "Relata" to |
"CVS Utilities". This change has also been made in the TOC.
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Anonymous |
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Dec 01, 2000 |
