cvs problem

[Andreas Jaeger]

>>>>> Thomas Walter writes:

 > Hello,
 > two days ago I did a new 'cvs checkout' of gsl from its
 > cvs-repository because a 'cvs update' does not add new directories.
 > Is this a bug of 'cvs' itself?
No, it's a bug in the usage of cvs.

Add the following to your ~/.cvsrc file:
update -d -P

For details I advise to read the CVS manual or the help from cvs:
cvs update --help

Andreas
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