---
name: "cvsconfig"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cvs"
version: "1.10.7-9"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cvsconfig"
---

# cvsconfig(1)

## CVSCONFIG

cvs - The GNU Concurrent Versions System

## SYNOPSIS

**cvsconfig -r \| -s \| -x**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **cvsconfig** command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution.

**cvsconfig** is a program that will configure the Debian CVS setup to enable/disable the "pserver" access method, and also configure allowed repositories for this method. It also allows the history files in these repositories to be rotated.

## OPTIONS

- **-s**

  Implement the currently configured setup by setting up /etc/inetd.conf etc. properly.

- **-r**

  Generate an old-style configuration file in /etc/cvs.conf using the current settings. This may be of use if you wish to downgrade CVS.

- **-x**

  Export the current configuration settings into an existing old-style configuration file in /etc/cvs.conf. Use **-x -u** to also upgrade to the newest configuration file format known. This will ensure that all parameters are exported.

## FILES

**/etc/cvs.conf**

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Tom Lees \<tom@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.