another Makefile fix
Stephen Weeks
MLton@sourcelight.com
Wed, 3 Oct 2001 13:52:38 -0700
> > Here is another change that should be done to the relevant Makefile's (just
> > doc/web/Makefile at the moment, although bin/make-rpms should probably get
> > this to): Test if CVSROOT is in the environment and fail, with an appropriate
> > complaint if it isn't. Something like this:
>
> Maybe, although I never set CVSROOT, because mlton is in one repository
> and at various other times, I've used other CVS repositories (e.g.,
> a local one for class projects). So, I always do cvs -d... co ... and
> then the CVSROOT is kept in the corresponding CVS directories and I never
> need to enter it again.
I'm with Matthew -- that test is too brittle. And I also point out again: no
Makefile uses cvs anymore. The only use is in make-rpms.