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authorStefan Siegl <stesie@brokenpipe.de>2005-04-03 09:56:31 +0000
committerStefan Siegl <stesie@brokenpipe.de>2005-04-03 09:56:31 +0000
commit4155c1cc1048851f6471da99bb7c333e570bfda6 (patch)
tree6b1650cd17d24531007c78378278f723b07ee0b4
parentca8e176818496c4564bdc1b2f751932e3a94ed63 (diff)
updated README file, 'cause change to cvsfs.c was reverted.
-rw-r--r--README17
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 59a894339..be7108a51 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -23,16 +23,19 @@ cvsfs4hurd - the CVS virtual filesystem for the GNU Hurd
settrans -a cvsfs_test /sbin/cvsfs \
cvs.sourceforge.net /cvsroot/xmltvr3 xmltVR3
- After the settrans command finished, cvsfs will try to download the
- directory tree in the background.
+ the settrans command will take some time to finish, since cvsfs needs
+ to download the directory tree first.
- Now just use
+ If you try to browse a really large cvs module (for example glibc or
+ xfree package) you may need to tell settrans not to time the operation
+ out (settrans defaults to kill the child process after 60 seconds, you
+ may overwrite that using the -t option).
+
+ If the settrans command finished successfully, just use
cd cvsfs_test
- to enter the directory. If you try to access the directory before
- cvsfs has completed downloading the whole directory tree, this
- action will be delayed. Feel free to use ls, emacs, etc. now.
+ to enter the directory. Feel free to use ls, emacs, etc. now.
cvs server access through :ext:
@@ -75,4 +78,4 @@ Have fun with cvsfs4hurd
and enjoy the GNU generation ..
Stefan Siegl <ssiegl@gmx.de>
-$Id: README,v 1.5 2005/03/19 22:35:51 stesie Exp $
+$Id: README,v 1.6 2005/04/03 09:56:31 stesie Exp $