From 83f9969151bd1f8cdb6f99aba93910e000181935 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Aspinall
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 15:08:56 +0000
Subject: Note about CVSROOT setting.

---
 etc/cvs-tips.txt | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/etc/cvs-tips.txt b/etc/cvs-tips.txt
index ef220dd7..2d270e16 100644
--- a/etc/cvs-tips.txt
+++ b/etc/cvs-tips.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Making a branch to patch a previous release:
 
@@ -30,4 +31,23 @@ Then perhaps merge in branch changes into main stream:
 NB: this merging will always create conficts with 
 $Id$ tags in source. (Is there a way to avoid this?)
   
-  
\ No newline at end of file
+  
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Overriding the CVS/Root setting temporarily:
+
+ Use 
+     cvs -d $CVSROOT 
+
+NB: This doesn't alter CVS/Root, but uses NEWROOT in preference.
+($CVSROOT does not overide CVS/Root at all).
+
+Useful command:
+
+  alias cvs='cvs -d $CVSROOT'
+
+to force this behaviour.
+
+This is needed to solve "localssh.dcs" versus "ssh.dcs" problem.
+
+
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