CVSup is a very fast file distribution system. For information on CVSup, see the CVSup Home Page. Linux binaries for CVSup can be found at this web site.
You can use CVSup as an alternative to CVS for keeping current with the latest development changes. Standard CVS options such as "cvs log" and "cvs diff" are not available with CVSup, but the cvsweb interface should provide most of that functionality.
The following shows a sample basic supfile configuration file:
*default host=ftp.thebarn.com *default base=. *default release=cvs tag=. *default delete use-rel-suffix *default prefix=/tmp/cvsupit *default compress linux-xfs
Change prefix to a dest dir of your liking then run cvsup supfile. Hit the start button once the window pops up.
The CVS tree itself may also be keep current with this method by dropping the tag=. flag from supfile, as in the following example:
*default host=ftp.thebarn.com *default base=. *default release=cvs *default delete use-rel-suffix *default prefix=/tmp/cvsupit *default compress linux-xfs
The XFS linux 2.5 tree supfile:
*default host=ftp.thebarn.com *default base=. *default release=cvs tag=. *default delete use-rel-suffix *default prefix=/tmp/cvsupit *default compress linux2.5-xfs