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cvs checkout and build of binutils
Alan Modra writes:
> Yes. Note that *not* using -d with cvs update will occasionally fail to
> do the right thing, for instance when someone adds a new sub-directory
> to one of the binutils dirs.
>
> There are at least three ways to check out and update binutils trees
> that I can think of:
> a) Always use cvs co binutils, ie. avoid cvs update
I don't know why people shy away from this one.
[setting aside issues of cvs modules not being well designed,
we are talking about workarounds afterall]