Tor> In general I'm not sure if -z9 is the best recommendation though, as it can Tor> put a huge load on the server without buying you that much. Tor> I have spent the last year doing remote CVS (including having my own servers) Tor> and I (and others) find that -z3 gives you much less load on the server and Tor> good compression as well -- you wan't normally notice any big difference Tor> from -z9. You're right. Let's try that again: The officially sanctioned way to get 21.2 via CVS is: cvs -z3 -d :pserver:xemacs＠cvs.xemacs.org:/usr/CVSroot checkout -R release-21-2 xemacs I changed the tag as well so that a simple `cvs update' will get the latest CVS sources. Martin

Peter> Martin Buchholz writes: Peter> Does this mean that if I `cvs update' in an xemacs directory Peter> containing the 21.0.6 cvs sources, that they will be updated to the Peter> 21.2.8 (or whatever the current head of the branch is) sources? No. It will be updated to the latest 21.0 sources. Peter> If I want to track the 21.0 sources, must I `cvs update -R Peter> release-21-0' in said directory? I currently have two copies of the Peter> 21.0.6 tree, and I was thinking of tracking both trees I haven't tried that, but I think it should work. Check the version.sh file after your `cvs update' to make sure you got the version you expected. Martin