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that it is possible to update your DXSpider installation to the latest
sources by using a few simple commands.
<P>
-<P>THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED!!! ONLY DO THIS IF YOU HAVE A TEST
-INSTALLATION OR ARE WILLING TO HAVE YOUR CLUSTER CRASH ON YOU!!!
-THIS MUST BE CONSIDERED AT LEAST BETA TESTING AND MAYBE EVEN ALPHA!!
-YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!
-<P>
-<P>DID I MENTION..... ONLY DO THIS IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE
-CONSEQUENCES!!!
+<P>Please be aware that if you update your system using CVS, it is possible that
+you could be running code that is very beta and not fully tested. There is
+a possibility that it could be unstable.
<P>
<P>I am of course assuming that you have a machine with both DXSpider and
Internet access running.
repository. You do this with the command below ...
<P>
<PRE>
-cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.DXSpider.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/DXSpider login
+cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.DXSpider.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/dxspider login
</PRE>
<P>You will get a password prompt. Simply hit return here and your machine should
return to a normal linux prompt.
<P>What happens next depends on whether you have an existing installation that
you want to update with the latest and greatest or whether you just want
to see what is there and/or run it on a new machine for testing.
-Either way you will want to change directory to a new place, if you want to
-update an existing installation then I suggest /tmp, otherwise choose a
-suitable place according to the normal installation instructions.
+<P>If you are installing Spider from CVS then change directory to /home/sysop
+<P>If you are wanting to update Spider then cd to /tmp
<P>
<P>The next step will create a brand new 'spider' directory in your current
directory.
<P>
<PRE>
-cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.DXSpider.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/DXSpider co spider
+cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.DXSpider.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/dxspider co spider
</PRE>
<P>This command is all on one line.
<P>
correct. YOU WERE LOGGED IN AS THE USER SYSOP WEREN'T YOU?????
<P>Remember to recompile the C client (cd /spider/src; make)
<P>
-<P>At this point the files have been upgraded. You can (usually) restrt the cluster
+<P>At this point the files have been upgraded. You can (usually) restart the cluster
in your own time. However, if you attempt to use any new commands or features
expect it to be fatal! At least your cluster will have been restarted then so it
will be too late to worry about it!
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
cd /spider
-cvs -z3 update
+cvs -z3 update -d
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>and your files will be updated. As above, remember to recompile the "C" client
projects / spider.git / blobdiff