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Date:      Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:37:02 +0200
From:      Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@fs.ei.tum.de>
To:        Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: cvs: how to put vendor-deleted file into Attic?
Message-ID:  <46A8875E.3010905@fs.ei.tum.de>
In-Reply-To: <46A8865D.2000509@delphij.net>
References:  <46A8865D.2000509@delphij.net>

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Xin LI wrote:
> While maintaining some third party contributed software packages I ran 
> into a problem where, say, if I remove a file from the vendor branch 
> (the file was never dragged off the vendor branch), it does not appear 
> in Attic.

But it appears as deleted?  That's interesting then.  How is that possible?  Can you share the RCS file?

> Is there a way to move it into Attic (presumably this would give better 
> checkout speed for -HEAD)?

Do you think that CVS is so clever to check the Attic only for branches other than HEAD?  I didn't think so, but, hey, who knows.

cheers
  simon



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