Re: [ECOS] CVS, 3rd Party Packages, Versions

[Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>]

Raymund Hofmann wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> i use the current cvs version with configtool 1.3.1.2.
> 
>  I added a 3rd party package (board support) to this.
> 
>  I discovered that then i had in a directory two version directories named:
> 
>  '1_3_1'
> and
> 'current'
> 
>  the configtool used the 'current', but there are some necessary files in
> the
> '1_3_1' for which the package seems to be made.

No-one can help you resolve the inconsistencies for this other than the 3rd
party packages author.
 
>  How can i deal with this effectively ?
> Use the 1_3_1 ecos instead of the CVS ?
> Look at the CDL and source files and copy them manually to current ?
> Set some options ?

It's not ideal to merge the two repositories. Instead rename current to
something else. But if it's really a 1.3.1 port, you may have difficulty
getting it to work with current CVS anyway without a small amount of
effort.

Jifl
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