Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:31:30 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: chad@dcfinc.com Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), mike@smith.net.au, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Version Resolution? Message-ID: <199711211631.JAA14205@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199711211532.IAA05903@freebie.dcfinc.com> References: <199711210529.WAA13140@mt.sri.com> <199711211532.IAA05903@freebie.dcfinc.com>
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> > Somehow this ID must be propogated > > via *ALL* distribution means, which are currently: > > The ID is kept in a source module (most seem to be voting for > newvers.sh). CVS changes that module during a commit, but doesn't RCS > the change (to avoid the file growing without bounds--history of all > these timestamps is meaningless). Any change to newvers.sh other than > the timestamp would still be RCSd. How does it get stored in my version of newvers.sh up here in Montana since I never modified it, or do any commits? When I do a 'cvs update' of my sources, newvers.sh won't get updated since there haven't been any RCS modifications to it. Remember, I get the actual sources bits via CVS. Nate
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