[p4] cvs2p4 clarifications

[Gabor Maghera]

1.  cvs2p4 has to be run on a server which has the perforce server binary
installed, as the script makes calls to it.  It does not have to be the
server you will use ultimately for the conversion results.  You can move the
results to other servers after the conversion.  It may be wise to use the
same version of p4d for the conversion as you will use in your production
setup, although probably not neccessary.

2.  You need to make a copy of the CVS server files (rcs files) which you
would like to convert.  cvs2p4 has the option to create links to the
existing rcs files (linking to the source of the conversion), or you can
enable copying the rcs files into the result directory by using the
following setting in your config file: $COPYIMPORT = 1; (there is some
documentation in the config file about this)

On Nov 14, 2007 11:59 AM, Thierry Lam <Thierry.Lam at autodesk.com> wrote:

> I just want to make sure, if I want to use cvs2p4:
>
>
> 1.       Cvs2p4 has to be run from the perforce server
>
> 2.       The CVS repository has to be entirely copied to the perforce
> server
>
> Are the above correct?
>
> Thierry
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