Import cvs-1.9.23 as at 19980123. There are a number of really nice

things fixed in here, including the '-ko' vs. -A problem with
remote cvs which caused all files with -ko to be resent each time
(which is damn painful over a modem, I can tell you).  It also found a
heap of stray empty directories that should have been pruned with the -P
flag to cvs update but were not for some reason.

It also has the fully integrated rcs and diff, so no more fork/exec
overheads for rcs,ci,patch,diff,etc.  This means that it parses the control
data in the rcs files only once rather than twice or more.

If the 'cvs diff' vs. Index thing is going to be fixed for future patch
compatability, this is the place to do it.

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/cvs/NEWS b/contrib/cvs/NEWS
index b2827cf..5e746fe 100644
--- a/contrib/cvs/NEWS
+++ b/contrib/cvs/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 Changes since 1.9:
 
+* One can now authenticate and encrypt using the GSSAPI network
+security interface.  For details see the description of :gserver: in
+CVSROOT, and the -a global option.
+
+* All access to RCS files is now implemented internally rather than by
+calling RCS programs.  The main user-visible consequence of this is
+that there is no need to worry about making sure that CVS finds the
+correct version of RCS.  The -b global option and the RCSBIN setting
+in CVSROOT/config are still accepted but don't do anything.  The
+$RCSBIN internal variable in administrative files is no longer
+accepted.
+
+* There is a new syntax, "cvs admin -orev1::rev2", which collapses the
+revisions between rev1 and rev2 without deleting rev1 or rev2
+themselves.
+
+* There is a new administrative file CVSROOT/config which allows one
+to specify miscellaneous aspects of CVS configuration.  Currently
+supported here:
+
+  - SystemAuth, allows you to prevent pserver from checking for system
+  usernames/passwords.
+
+For more information see the "config" section of cvs.texinfo.
+
 * When setting up the pserver server, one now must specify the
 allowable CVSROOT directories in inetd.conf.  See the Password
 authentication server section of cvs.texinfo for details.  Note that
@@ -21,10 +46,9 @@ repository from the cvspass file.
 password-authenticated server (other access methods are just governed
 by Unix file permissions, since they require login access to the
 repository machine anyway).  See the "Repository" section of
-cvs.texinfo for details.  Note that the security cautions in
-cvs.texinfo ("Password authentication security"), and the requirement
-that read-only users be able to create locks and write the history
-file, both apply.
+cvs.texinfo for details, including a discussion of security issues.
+Note that the requirement that read-only users be able to create locks
+and write the history file still applies.
 
 * The "checkout" command now creates a CVS directory at the top level
 of the new working directory, in addition to CVS directories created