Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 17:08:07 -0800 From: Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com> To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>, Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Version Resolution? Message-ID: <199711220108.RAA16164@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com> In-Reply-To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> "Re: Version Resolution?" (Nov 21, 6:04pm)
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On Nov 21, 6:04pm, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: } Subject: Re: Version Resolution? } >> } You don't. The purpose of this hack is to distinguish between two } >> } different source trees which are extracted using exactly the same } >> } (head of a branch) tag, but at different times. } >> } } >> } We should also be using a CVS/RCS macro to tell us what tag we used for } >> } the extraction. This information should also get included in the system } >> } identification. } >> } >> Couldn't this solve the original problem as well? If you are extracting } >> at the head of a branch, we've already got the branch tag info, so we } >> just need to set the date macro to the time of the extraction. } } No! The time of cvs extraction is not what matters at all. What about the most recent timestamp in the history file for that branch? If you use "-r <branch_tag>:<date>", the most recent timestamp in the history file that is older than "<date>" should be used. This assumes that folks who use cloned copies of the CVS tree possess copies of the history file from the master CVS tree.home | help
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