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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml index 8627444c76b..36b59846e58 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml,v 1.44 2007/05/30 18:00:08 momjian Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/cvs.sgml,v 1.45 2007/07/10 23:03:18 tgl Exp $ --> <appendix id="cvs"> <appendixinfo> @@ -157,11 +157,19 @@ cvs update <para> <productname>CVS</productname> has deficiencies. For example, generating diffs that add or remove files requires write access to the - CVS repository. To work around such difficiencies, use + CVS repository. To work around that deficiency, use <productname>cvsutils</productname>, which is packaged in several operating systems, and is available in source form at <ulink url="http://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils/"></ulink>. </para> + + <para> + Note that building <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> from a CVS + pull requires reasonably up-to-date versions of <application>bison</> + and <application>flex</>, which are not needed to build from a distribution + tarball because the files made with them are pre-built in a tarball. + Otherwise the tool requirements are the same as building from source. + </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="cvs-tree"> |