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diff --git a/man/rancid.conf.5.in b/man/rancid.conf.5.in index 4a86364..e89568a 100644 --- a/man/rancid.conf.5.in +++ b/man/rancid.conf.5.in @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ .\" -.\" $Id: rancid.conf.5.in,v 1.14 2005/07/07 01:09:13 heas Exp $ +.\" $Id: rancid.conf.5.in,v 1.15 2005/08/15 00:41:51 heas Exp $ .\" .hys 50 -.TH "rancid.conf" "5" "5 July 2005" +.TH "rancid.conf" "5" "13 August 2005" .SH NAME rancid.conf \- rancid environment configuration file .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ The following variables are used (listed alphabetically): .B BASEDIR BASEDIR is the directory where .B rancid-run's -log directory and where the CVS repository and rancid collection group -directories will be placed. Its value is configure's localstatedir and -should be modified if rancid is moved to a new location in the file -system without re-installing from the distribution. +log directory, the revision control system's repository, and rancid group +directories will be placed. +.sp +Its value is configure's localstatedir and should be modified if rancid is +moved to a new location in the file system without re-installing from the +distribution. .sp Default: @localstatedir@ .\" @@ -44,8 +46,9 @@ Default: @localstatedir@ .IR cvs (1) and .IR rancid-cvs (1) -use this environment variable to locate the CVS repository. It should -not be necessary to alter it. +use this environment variable to locate the CVS repository. +In some cases, and for Subversion, it is used as an argument to commands. +It should not be necessary to alter it. .sp Default: $BASEDIR/CVS .\" @@ -152,10 +155,11 @@ this is not set. If set, .IR rancid (1) will use temporary files to save the output from the router and then read -these to build the file which will be saved in CVS. Otherwise, an IPC -pipe will be used. We have found that the buffering mechanisms used in -perl and expect are heinous. Using temporary files may result in a noticeable -improvement in speed. By default, this is not set. +these to build the file which will be saved in CVS (or Subversion). +Otherwise, an IPC pipe will be used. We have found that the buffering +mechanisms used in perl and expect are heinous. +Using temporary files may result in a noticeable improvement in speed. +By default, this is not set. .\" .TP .B OLDTIME @@ -196,6 +200,18 @@ Its value is set by configure. Should it be necessary to modify PATH, note that it must include @bindir@. .\" .TP +.B RCSSYS +Sets which revision control system is in use. +Valid values are +.B cvs +for CVS +or +.B svn +for Subversion. +.sp +Default: cvs +.\" +.TP .B TERM Some Unix utilities require TERM, the terminal type, to be set to a sane value. Some clients, such as |