[rancid] Re: CVS history

[john heasley]

Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 02:45:06PM -0300, isabelle at ctbc.com.br:
> I'm new to Rancid and I would just like to know for how long&nbsp;is the history saved in CVS? Is it possible to set a maximum history file size or maximum number of revisions (or something similar)?<BR><FONT size=2 face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=2 face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Any help would be appreciated.</FONT></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>Thank you very much for your time.</DIV><DIV><FONT size=2 face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0px">Isabelle.</P></FONT><BR></DIV></FONT>

its retained forever, unless you delete it with cvs admin -o.  see the
manual.  you're probably wasting your time, if your concern is disk.