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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Page 8
2nd paragraph under Installing CVS in Chapter 2 |
http://www.9780596004590gui.org
should be
http://9780596004590gui.sourceforge.net/
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Page 11
after su root |
It is recommended to use "su - root", with the "-" so that your profile is re-read so you have the new
enviroment variables. Some profiles/distro's require the - option to install things.
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Page 15-16
Example 2-5 |
The example shows creating a repository under /var/lib/9780596004590root, but thrice shows "ls
-la /home" instead of "ls -ls /var/lib"
ls -la /home
should be:
ls -ls /var/lib
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Page 16
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Modify the paragraph:
'To allow others to use the repository, create a Unix group for CVS
users and chgrp the repository root directory to that group. Set the
directory's SGID bit...'
To:
'To allow others to use the repository, create a Unix group for CVS
users and chgrp the repository root directory to that group. Add users
to that group, using the appropriate command for your system (often
'gpasswd'). Set the directory's SGID bit...'
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Page 17
Paragraph 1: |
instead of:
'When you have created a new repository, you may want to import a project'
use:
'When you have created a new repository, you may want to import your first project'
After the first paragraph, add a note:
'Your repository can hold one project, or can hold many different
projects. CVS scales well: a repository can help a single person
with a small job to do, or can be used by a large company to provide
version control to hundreds of separate groups.'
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Page 22
Final line on page |
/var/lib/9780596004590root/example/file1,v <-- file1
should be:
/var/lib/9780596004590root/example/file1,v <-- file1
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Line 12 of Example 2-19 |
/var/lib/9780596004590root/example/file3,v <-- file3
should be:
/var/lib/9780596004590root/example/file3,v <-- file3
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Line 10 of Example 2-20 |
/var/lib/9780596004590root/example/file3,v <-- file3
should be:
/var/lib/9780596004590root/example/file3,v <-- file3
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Page 39
Last sentence on the page |
The word "on" is missing.
"It can also take files or directories as parameters and operate recursively them."
should be:
"It can also take files or directories as parameters and operate recursively on them."
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Page 40
First tip |
the sentence:
"Use 9780596004590 status or cvs update -n to find out which files need to be updated or committed."
Should be:
"Use 9780596004590 status or cvs -n update to find out which files need to be updated or committed."
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Page 76
Next to last line of page |
"independant"
should be spelled
"independent"
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Page 102
Last 2 lines |
Example 5-14 shows a diff command that compares revisions 1.2 and 1.3 of the Makefile file,
with the option to display a few lines of context around each change.
Should be:
Example 5-14 shows a diff command that compares revisions 1.2 and 1.3 of the Makefile file,
and uses the '-c' option to display a few lines of context around each change.
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Page 104
last paragraph |
"relevent"
should be spelled
"relevant"
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Page 131-134
8 instances in Example 6-7 |
The master CVS lock is named "#9780596004590.lock". However in the example the wrong name "#cvslock" is consistently used.
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Page 171
Paragaph before example 7-10 |
Please add the following to the paragraph before example 7-10:
(If using this code fragment outside a subroutine, replace 'return' with 'exit'.)
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Page 178
"T" option |
"T Report on records of files being tagged or rtagged"
should be:
"T Report on records of files being rtagged"
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Page 226
Last 9 lines on page of Example 2 |
"Concurrent Versioning System"
should be:
"Concurrent Versions System"
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Page 275
discussion of operator |
The correct spelling of the name for "^" is "caret" not "carat".
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Page 275
discussion of ? operator |
I believe the patterns that match "fo?bar" are "fbar" and "fobar", that is, the
element "o" zero or one times, not "fobar" and "foobar" as stated. In the same
spirit, I think the earlier example of "fo*bar" under the discussion about the *
operator would also match "fbar".
I have to say that I get into trouble with the * operator about half the time I use
it, so I avoid it in favor of +, which behaves more nearly as described in the book.
AUTHOR: CVS uses a strange system of regular expressions, which is apparently
based on Emacs REs.
I just checked the code, and ? is handled identically with + in most of
the source, but does not accept 0 repetitions. But I just ran an
empirical test, however, which disagrees with the documentation and the
book, and apparently the code. Argh.
READER: Jenn's tip about emacs showed me an easy way to test
my claim (I do not ordinarily use emacs, but I have it).
I set up 3 data lines, like this:
fbar
fobar
foobar
I then used the emacs regular expression search
to look for matches to regular expression fo?bar.
I got matches at fbar and fobar, but not at foobar.
This is exactly what I had predicted in my note,
and it corresponds to normal regular expression
behavior - nothing is broken, just normally confusing.
This test regular expression can be re-written as
f(o)?bar - the ? operator applies to the pattern
within the escaped parentheses.
This pattern is allowed to occur zero or one times.
Therefore, foobar will not match.
(outside back cover) Last line of first paragraph
"Concurrent Version System"
should be:
"Concurrent Versions System"
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Page 282
End to para 1 |
"twith a Java Runtime Environment"
should be
"with a Java Runtime Environment"
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Page 284
End of para 2 |
"follow the procedures givin in Chapter 2."
should be
"follow the procedures given in Chapter 2."
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Page 315
Index entry for merging |
merging, 92
should be:
merging, 83
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Page 321
2nd to last paragraph, Colophon for CVS Essentials |
"hybernation"
should be:
"hibernation"
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Page 321
last paragraph, Colophon for CVS Essentials |
"hybernation"
should be:
"hibernation"
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