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Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 08:04:07 -0700
From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
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> The way I read this, RELENG_2_1_0 should be revision 1.7.0.4, but
> there *is* no 1.7.0.4.  On the other hand, your commint information
> suggests that it should be 1.7.4.2.

No, that's OK.  Peter explained this to me some time back.

Revisions that have a "0" in the next-to-last position are special.  RCS
normally never creates such revision numbers.  CVS takes advantage of
that, and assigns a special meaning to them.  They represent branch tags
in CVS.  A revision number of 1.7.0.4 _really_ means "the latest
revision on the 1.7.4 branch."
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   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
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