How to get an update from CVS?

ROOT
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I am installing G4UIRoot on Fedora 5 with gcc 4.1.1. When I compile geant4, I received the following errors:
…
Compiling G4RootCommandFrame.cc …
/cern/root/include/Bytes.h: In function ‘void tobuf(char*&, Float_t)’:
/cern/root/include/Bytes.h:222: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
…
I tried to get an update through CVS for ROOT since I was using v5.12.00. But when I typed:

cvs -z3 update -d -p

my terminal generated a los of unrecognizable characters and then hang and I had to close my terminal since it is no longer usable. Could you please let me know how to get an update without this problem? Thanks.

Hyo

2

Hi,

from man cvs:
-P

Prune empty directories. See see node `Removing directories’ in the
CVS manual.

-p

Pipe the files retrieved from the repository to standard output,
rather than writing them in the current directory. Available with
the checkout and update commands.

So better use cvs -z3 up -dP :slight_smile:

Cheers, Axel.

3

I tried “cvs -z3 up -dP” but the result is the same. The terminal is filled with a lots of unrecognizable characters and hang. What is the right command not getting characters on terminal? Well, I just want to get an update in a simple way (I want to avoid reading a manual for cvs). If Bytes.h is the problem, can I just download it from somewhere? Thanks. Hyo

4

Hi,

The command I am using is: cvs -q update -dP.

Cheers, Ilka

5

Hi,

strange terminal… You can use this link: http://root.cern.ch/viewcvs/checkout/base/inc/Bytes.h?rev=1.19

Cheers, Axel.

6

The command “cvs -q update -dp” seems to be working o.k.
The following is the result I have from my terminal.
Thanks very much.

Hyo

[root@linux cern]# cd root
[root@linux root]# cvs -q update -dP
? test/stressFit
? test/stressGeometry
? test/stressGraphics
? test/stressShapes
? test/stressVector