About:
CVS is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions of files (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like RCS or SCCS. Unlike the simpler systems, CVS does not just operate on one file at a time or one directory at a time, but operates on hierarchical collections of directories consisting of version controlled files. CVS helps to manage releases and to control the concurrent editing of source files among multiple authors. CVS allows triggers to enable/log/control various operations and works well over a wide area network.

Release focus: Major bugfixes

Changes:
In this version, a warning message is issued if an admin file contains more than one DEFAULT entry. Error running a verifymsg script (such as referencing an unset user variable or the script not existing) now causes the verification to fail. Errors in admin files commands (like unset user variables) are no longer reported unless the command is actually executed. The Checkin.prog and Update.prog features have been removed. This previously allowed executables to be specified in the modules file to be run at update and checkin time, but users could edit these files on a per workspace basis, creating a security hole.

Author:
CVSHome.org

Rating:	reset 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8.23/10.00 (43 votes)

Homepage:
http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/Main%20Page
Tar/GZ:
http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/source/stable/
Tar/BZ2:
http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/source/stable/
Changelog:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/[..]/ccvs/NEWS?revision=1.116.2.173&root=cvs
Debian package:
http://packages.debian.org/cvs
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/[..]/ccvs/?root=cvs&pathrev=cvs1-11-x-branch

Trove categories: [change]

[Intended Audience]		Developers
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Topic]		Software Development :: Version Control, Software Development :: Version Control :: CVS

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	1.11.23	11-May-2008	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Releases

Version	Focus	Date
1.11.23	Minor feature enhancements	11-May-2008 19:49
1.11.20	Minor security fixes	20-May-2005 16:05
1.11.19	Major bugfixes	22-Mar-2005 17:17
1.11.17	Major security fixes	19-Aug-2004 20:32
1.11.11	Major security fixes	09-Jan-2004 11:02
1.11.9	Minor feature enhancements	15-Oct-2003 13:48
1.11.6	Major bugfixes	13-Jul-2003 10:38
1.11.5	Major security fixes	20-Jan-2003 21:57
1.11.4	Minor bugfixes	30-Dec-2002 18:39
1.11.2	Minor bugfixes	21-Apr-2002 05:48

 Articles referencing this project

Red Hat: Updated cvs package fixes a security bug by Patrick Lenz , in Security Wed, Sep 7th 2005 02:57 Debian: New cvs packages fix insecure temporary files by Patrick Lenz , in Security Wed, Sep 7th 2005 02:52 Debian: New cvs packages fix arbitrary code execution by Patrick Lenz , in Security Thu, Jul 7th 2005 22:57 Debian: New cvs packages fix unauthorised repository access by Patrick Lenz , in Security Wed, Apr 27th 2005 00:20 Red Hat: Updated cvs packages fix several security issues by Patrick Lenz , in Security Tue, Apr 26th 2005 05:51

SuSE: New cvs packages fix remote code execution by Patrick Lenz , in Security Mon, Apr 18th 2005 08:01 Debian: New CVS packages fix several potential security problems by Patrick Lenz , in Security Tue, Jun 15th 2004 11:12 Debian: New CVS packages fix buffer overflow by Patrick Lenz , in Security Thu, Jun 10th 2004 03:51 SuSE: New cvs packages fix remote command execution by Patrick Lenz , in Security Wed, Jun 9th 2004 08:38 [more articles]

 Comments

[»] CVS is great!
by Ricky Ng-Adam - Aug 1st 2000 15:27:40

A requisite for proper software development... Great and highly recommended: the learning curve is a bit stiff and the installation can take awhile but it is worth it. And your developers can still use their beloved Windows by using WinCVS (www.wincvs.org)

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[»] WinCVS no good
by Walles - May 31st 2002 07:10:38

And your developers can still use their beloved Windows by using WinCVS (www.wincvs.org)

IMO, WinCVS is really no good. I found it to be more complicated to use than pure command line CVS (as can be had on Windows using Cygwin). Another Windows frontend for CVS that I haven't used, but has a good rep is Tortoise CVS. You may want to try that one before WinCVS.

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[»] Re: WinCVS no good
by Aurélien Géron - May 31st 2002 23:43:35


> And your developers can still use their
> beloved
> Windows by using WinCVS
> (www.wincvs.org)
>
> IMO, WinCVS is really no good. I
> found it to be more complicated to use
> than pure command line CVS (as can be
> had on Windows using Cygwin). Another
> Windows frontend for CVS that I haven't
> used, but has a good rep is Tortoise
> CVS. You may want to try that one
> before WinCVS.
I somewhat disagree:
- yes, WinCVS is a bit complicated. You still need to know CVS well to be able to use it. I have tried out a couple of the existing CVS GUIs, and they all assume you know most of the details of CVS (except to a certain point Turtoise, as you pointed out). If you thought WinCVS would make CVS easier, well it doesn't: it's purely a graphical wrapper around CVS.
- BUT I - and certainly many people - find that launching CVS commands visually is extremely convenient and often way faster than the command line: WinCVS is *great* for that purpose.

Thx,
Aurélien Géron.

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[»] WinCVS makes CVS *harder*
by Walles - Jun 1st 2002 14:47:15

A clarification: As you said, I expected WinCVS to make CVS easier to use. For me however, WinCVS was not only "not easier" than command line CVS, but harder.

YMMV of course, and people interested in Windows GUIs for CVS should definitely try more than one before deciding.

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[»] free cvs server
by Scoot - Nov 11th 2003 08:05:19

There is a free cvs server! No need for your project to be open source, access with any freely available cvs client for any OS( tortoise is probably the easiest on win ) www.cvsdude.org

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[»] Re: free cvs server
by Ophir - Jan 13th 2004 08:01:46


>
> There is a free cvs server! No need for
> your project to be open source, access
> with any freely available cvs client for
> any OS( tortoise is probably the easiest
> on win )
>
> www.cvsdude.org
>
CVSdude is a great service, but the bummer is - it's confied to 2Mb of web space (for free). Larger accounts cost money (which of course may very well be worth it). So this option is only available for relatively small projects.

Other than that - great service.

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