cvs newbie

I'd like to find out what kernel started this ominous 'Trace/breakpoint trap' on running 'make mrproper' in my linux-source directory.

2.4.0 (from the 0.9.2 iso) didn't, 2.4.9-pa13 does.

I've rebrowsed all archives to this list, and I haven't found a good recipe for 'downgrading' with cvs. I have cvs installed. I have the recommended .cvsrc from the list. I have a 64 kBaud connection on which I pay for each minute. I have downloaded linux-20010831.tar.gz, and untarred it as /home/jurriaan/linux/.

How do I downgrade that linux-tree to say 2.4.5-pa1 or some other release? I believe this 'Trace/breakpoint trap' thing can be found, and I have the time to search for it - but how to I get older kernels?

[As an aside: how I would love to have puffin.external.hp not only have tarballs of the latest kernels, but also day-to-day patchfiles for the last 2 months or something like that.]

Thanks,
Jurriaan

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