[Xastir] Davis Weather unit install

[Curt, WE7U]

On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Steve Friis wrote:

> OK, I'm a newbe when it comes to Linux install stuff, so be gentle.
>
> I followed the instructions for what to install up to
>
> BUILD db2APRS

I did a recursive search on db2APRS through my CVS files and
couldn't find any mention of a "xastir/src/Davis" path.  I haven't
found it yet on the Wiki or the online docs yet either.  Tom already
answered, but the proper path is "xastir/Davis".  Tell us where you
found the incorrect path and we'll get that fixed ASAP.

If you're running CVS, it's possible that you're not issuing the
proper commands to have it add new files/directories when you do an
update.  You can either pass those flags along in the "cvs update"
command or you can put them in your ~/.cvsrc file and forget about
them.  I do the latter.  Here's mine:

  > cat ~/.cvsrc
  ##cvs -z3
  update -dP
  status -v
  diff -u

That first commented-out parameter is sometimes useful on dial-up
'cuz it gives me compression.  It can be varied from -z0 to -z9 I
think to give varying amounts of compression.  "update -dP" is the
line which makes CVS do the right thing during updates.

For developers:
---------------
While were at it, some of you may not know this:  If you're
modifying code and do a "cvs diff", it compares your modified
version against the clean version of what you checked out, not
against any NEW versions that people might have checked in already.
Fine if you're the only one doing development, not so fine if there
are 15 developers, some of which might be working on the same files
as you are.  To fix this little problem I added this alias to my
shell startup file, which also ignores whitespace changes:

    alias cvsdiff='cvs diff -w -r HEAD'

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