Maybe these instructions for checking out alternative branches could
be added to <
 >I would like to download the latest XEmacs 21.2 from
 >the CVs repository, but I do not know how. Following
 >the instructions from 
http://cvs.xemacs.org just
 >gives me the latest stable release, that is,
 >XEmacs 21.0.
 >
 >Any help?
 
 >What is the tag for release 21.1?  The CVS command checkout -rr21-1-1 didn't 
 >work, but -r21-1-0 fetched a bunch of stuff.  Did I get the right stuff?
 
 The right answer to both of these questions as well as similar questions is
 'cvs status -v ChangeLog' (or some other file) and look for the right
 branch tag.  Then do something like this:
 
 cvs -z3 update -P -d -r <the name you found>
 
 -P to get rid of any empty directories, -d to check out any new directories,
 -r to get the right branch.
 
 >Try this in the top level directory:
 >
 >cvs -z3 update -Pd -A -r release-21-2
 
 Er, not quite right :-)  You don't want that '-A' in there, it means
 'move me over to the main branch'. '-r release-21-2' does the right
thing.
 
 - Tor