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On 05-Apr-2005 Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> I've noticed some strange behavior suddenly out of CVSup.  I refuse
> all Attic files in ports, and that doesn't seem to be working right
> all of a sudden.
> 
> My best guess is that it's something due to the recent patch to cvsupd
> to handle INDEX issues, since I can't think of anything else that
> would make it suddenly change,

You are right.  The patch took away the ability to refuse Attic files.
I know that's an inconvenience for some folks, but I think it better
matches CVSup's overall philosophy of Attic files -- namely, that the
Attic is a historical CVS quirk that ought to be hidden as much as
possible.

John