how to download prior version of software in cvs?

[afaiq]

I am trying to download cvs version of beagle using the following commands:
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome login
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome co beagle

however, I found that the most current version does not work (segfaults). Is it possible to extract a version say as of a specific date? like 2005-05-17? how would I do that?

[eyceguy]

as far as i know i dont think you can

you could try to search the developers website to see if the have a snapshot of the cvs of the day in question

if im wrong somebody please correct me :)

[JayMan8081]

It is possible, I just don't remember how at the moment. The last few times I've had to do that it was through a GUI so I didn't need to worry about the CLI syntax.

[Choozo]

man cvs is your friend here. Look for the checkout options.