CVS means Concurrent Version System; it is a version control
system which can record the history of your files (usually,
but not always, source code). CVS only stores the differences
between versions, instead of every version of every file
you've ever created. CVS also keeps a log of who, when and
why changes occurred, among other aspects.

CVS is very helpful for managing releases and controlling
the concurrent editing of source files among multiple
authors. Instead of providing version control for a
collection of files in a single directory, CVS provides
version control for a hierarchical collection of
directories consisting of revision controlled files.

These directories and files can then be combined together
to form a software release.

Install the cvs package if you need to use a version
control system.

drwxr-xr-x    2 root    root                0 jun 13 09:54 /etc/cvs
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root              184 jun 13 09:54 /etc/cvs/cvs.conf
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root              327 jun 13 09:54 /etc/xinetd.d/cvs
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root           552280 jun 13 09:54 /usr/bin/cvs
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root            14050 jun 13 09:54 /usr/bin/cvsbug
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    root               28 jun 13 09:54 /usr/bin/rcs2log -> ../share/cvs/contrib/rcs2log
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root             1049 jun 13 09:54 /usr/sbin/cvspserver
drwxr-xr-x    2 root    root                0 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs
drwxr-xr-x    2 root    root                0 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             5403 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/README
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root            22878 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/check_cvs
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root             3344 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/clmerge
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root             1925 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/cln_hist
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root             1634 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/commit_prep
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root             4679 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/cvs2vendor
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root             7024 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/cvs_acls
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root             2264 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/cvscheck
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root             4468 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/debug_check_log
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             4002 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/intro.doc
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root             4885 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/log
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root            20405 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/log_accum
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root             1877 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/mfpipe
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root            38926 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/pvcs2rcs
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root             4647 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/rcs-to-cvs
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root            18967 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/rcs2log
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root             6575 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/rcslock
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root    root             9505 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/cvs/contrib/sccs2rcs
drwxr-xr-x    2 root    root                0 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/doc/cvs-1.11.17
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             4885 mai 17 13:28 /usr/share/doc/cvs-1.11.17/BUGS
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root           344374 fév  3  2004 /usr/share/doc/cvs-1.11.17/FAQ
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             2822 déc  2  1997 /usr/share/doc/cvs-1.11.17/MINOR-BUGS
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            70066 jun  9 10:34 /usr/share/doc/cvs-1.11.17/NEWS
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             2388 nov 12  1997 /usr/share/doc/cvs-1.11.17/PROJECTS
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             4643 fév 10  2004 /usr/share/doc/cvs-1.11.17/README
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            44519 avr  6  2004 /usr/share/doc/cvs-1.11.17/TODO
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            27197 déc 21  2000 /usr/share/doc/cvs-1.11.17/cvs-paper.ps.bz2
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root           302601 jun  9 10:50 /usr/share/doc/cvs-1.11.17/cvs.ps.bz2
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            99362 jun  9 10:50 /usr/share/doc/cvs-1.11.17/cvsclient.ps.bz2
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            12683 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/info/cvs.info-1.bz2
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             6340 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/info/cvs.info-10.bz2
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            13972 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/info/cvs.info-2.bz2
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            12976 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/info/cvs.info-3.bz2
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-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             2220 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/info/cvs.info.bz2
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             8305 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/info/cvsclient.info-1.bz2
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            10424 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/info/cvsclient.info-2.bz2
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             8953 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/info/cvsclient.info-3.bz2
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root              527 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/info/cvsclient.info.bz2
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root            24811 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/man/man1/cvs.1.bz2
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             4355 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/man/man5/cvs.5.bz2
-rw-r--r--    1 root    root             3006 jun 13 09:54 /usr/share/man/man8/cvsbug.8.bz2