From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Jun 6 08:41:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-stable Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA10067 for stable-outgoing; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 08:41:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lobster.wellfleet.com (lobster.corpeast.baynetworks.com [192.32.253.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA10061 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 08:41:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pobox.BayNetworks.com by lobster.wellfleet.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-4.1) id LAA00684; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 11:42:56 -0400 Received: from tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com by pobox.BayNetworks.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA12387; Thu, 6 Jun 96 11:40:41 EDT Received: from localhost.engeast.baynetworks.com (localhost.engeast.baynetworks.com [127.0.0.1]) by tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA08415 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 11:40:40 -0400 Message-Id: <199606061540.LAA08415@tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com> X-Authentication-Warning: tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com: Host localhost.engeast.baynetworks.com didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.5 12/11/95 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mega-Commit cleanups In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Jun 1996 08:04:07 PDT." <199606061504.IAA29973@austin.polstra.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 11:40:40 -0400 From: Robert Withrow Sender: owner-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk :- 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." I think there is a CVS bug, because on *some* platforms it really *does* print 1.7.4, as I think it should. 1.7.0.4 is bogus. -- Robert Withrow -- (+1 508 436 8256) BWithrow@BayNetworks.com