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version 3.1, 2000/07/19 21:59:47 version 3.2, 2000/09/30 18:48:15
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 1) To get cvsweb.cgi to work, make sure that you  1) To get cvsweb.cgi to work, make sure that you
    have Perl 5 installed and a webserver which is capable     have Perl 5 installed and a webserver which is capable
    to execute cgi-scripts.     to execute cgi-scripts.
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    first line of the script as well.     first line of the script as well.
    If you want to let cvsweb.cgi run on WinNT running see (7).     If you want to let cvsweb.cgi run on WinNT running see (7).
   
 4) If you want to have CVS-annotate support, make sure the process  4) If you do not have the dir.gif, text.gif and back.gif-icons, copy
    running cvsweb.cgi (the webserver, usually running as 'httpd' or  
    'nobody') has write permission to CVSROOT/history (if it exists) and  
    any directory within your repository to place the lockfiles of the  
    called cvs-process.  I prefer adding the httpd-user to the cvs-group  
    (but: adding 'nobody' to this group may not be a good idea for  
    security reasons). Make sure, the cvs-binary is in your PATH.  
    Note: cvs 1.10 and later supports the LockDir option, allowing you  
    to move the lock files to a separate directory. With this option  
    cvsweb does not need any write permission to the CVS repository  
    directories.  
   
 5) If you do not have the dir.gif, text.gif and back.gif-icons, copy  
    them somewhere in your $DocumentRoot and edit the %ICONS-Hashtable     them somewhere in your $DocumentRoot and edit the %ICONS-Hashtable
    in cvsweb.conf. You won't need to do this if you have a stock     in cvsweb.conf. You won't need to do this if you have a stock
    Apache installed .. the're located in the default icons-directory.     Apache installed .. the're located in the default icons-directory.
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    miniicons in the icons-directory and change the %ICONS-Hashtable in     miniicons in the icons-directory and change the %ICONS-Hashtable in
    cvsweb.conf.     cvsweb.conf.
   
 6) have fun  5) have fun
   
 7) If you've Windows NT running, calling of external programs with parameters  6) If you've Windows NT running, calling of external programs with parameters
    single quoted doesn't work (search for rcsdiff, rlog in     single quoted doesn't work (search for rcsdiff, rlog in
    cvsweb.cgi), you've to replace it with double quotes. Thanks to     cvsweb.cgi), you've to replace it with double quotes. Thanks to
    Nick Brachet to point this out.     Nick Brachet to point this out.
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    > will fail on NT because the ' are not recognized. Using " will work     > will fail on NT because the ' are not recognized. Using " will work
    > though.     > though.
   
 8) If you like you can add descriptions to be shown next to each directory  7) If you like you can add descriptions to be shown next to each directory
    or module name. These are read from CVSROOT/descriptions.     or module name. These are read from CVSROOT/descriptions.
   
    - Check out a copy of your CVSROOT     - Check out a copy of your CVSROOT

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