Changes

The simplest package modification is for someone to access the code via anonymous CVS and produce a patch to put into Bugzilla.

The simplest package modification is for someone to access the code via anonymous CVS and produce a patch to put into Bugzilla.

This can be done on SME 8 by installing only cvs as follows.

This can be done on SME 8 by installing only cvs as follows.

== Retrieve code ==

== Retrieve code ==

==== Getting the source code ====

==== Getting the source code ====

In this How-To we want to work on the package 'e-smith-base'. We first need to download (with CVS this is called retrieving) the code for 'e-smith-base' from the SME Server CVS repository at SourceForge, we can also retrieve the CVS for the smecontribs tree. For this issue the following commands:

In this How-To we want to work on the package 'e-smith-base'. We first need to download (with CVS this is called retrieving) the code for 'e-smith-base' from the SME Server CVS repository at koozali.org, we can also retrieve the CVS for the smecontribs tree. For this issue the following commands:

  cd ~/smeserver

  cd ~/smeserver

  cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@smeserver.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/smeserver checkout -P e-smith-base

  cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@shell.koozali.org:/cvs/smeserver checkout -P e-smith-base

For the 'smeserver-base' base from the contribs tree.

For the 'smeserver-base' base from the contribs tree.

  cd ~/smecontribs

  cd ~/smecontribs

  cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@smeserver.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/smecontribs checkout -P smeserver-base

  cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@shell.koozali.org:/cvs/smecontribs checkout -P smeserver-base

Next to a selective retrieve as per above, you can also retrieve the whole CVS tree.  

Next to a selective retrieve as per above, you can also retrieve the whole CVS tree.  

  cd ~/smeserver

  cd ~/smeserver

  cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@smeserver.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/smeserver co -P rpms  

  cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@shell.koozali.org:/cvs/smeserver co -P rpms  

For the SME contribs tree.

For the SME contribs tree.

  cd ~/smecontribs

  cd ~/smecontribs

  cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@smeserver.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/smecontribs co -P rpms  

  cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@shell.koozali.org:/cvs/smecontribs co -P rpms  

If you want to update/refresh the whole CVS tree smeserver or smecontribs, run the following from the rpms directory, or any lower directory with a CVS dir , issue

If you want to update/refresh the whole CVS tree smeserver or smecontribs, run the following from the rpms directory, or any lower directory with a CVS dir , issue

  cvs update -dPA

  cvs update -dPA

Now change to the e-smith-base SME8 directory:

To work on the e-smith-base smeserver tree, change to the e-smith-base SME8 directory:

  cd ~/smeserver/rpms/e-smith-base/sme8

  cd ~/smeserver/rpms/e-smith-base/sme8

To check the changes issue the following command which compares your updated spec file with the original one in CVS. This is an optional step, but helps catch errors in the spec file.

To check the changes issue the following command which compares your updated spec file with the original one in CVS. This is an optional step, but helps catch errors in the spec file.

  cvs diff e-smith-base.spec

  cvs diff -u e-smith-base.spec

* Ensure that the changelog version really matches the RPM version.

* Ensure that the changelog version really matches the RPM version.

  * ? egregious file not part of CVS record for this dir

  * ? egregious file not part of CVS record for this dir

* Ensure that the patch file has been added cvs add e-smith-base-5.2.0-test.patch

* Ensure that the patch file has been added

cvs add e-smith-base-5.2.0-test.patch

* Ensure that your patch/files etc. are UNIX style and do not have DOS endings.

* Ensure that your patch/files etc. are UNIX style and do not have DOS endings.

Once you are satisfied and want to submit the package to CVS commit your changes. (Please use descriptive comments so that other developers are aware of what is happening. Comments will appear on the subject line of the commit email that get send to the other developers.):

Once you are satisfied and want to submit the package to CVS commit your changes. (Please use descriptive comments so that other developers are aware of what is happening. Comments will appear on the subject line of the commit email that get send to the other developers.):

  cvs commit -m 'your descriptive commit message here'

  cvs commit -m 'your descriptive commit message here'

==== If you have build access ====

==== If you have build access ====

  make tag

  make tag

  make build

  make build

 

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