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> What about the most recent timestamp in the history file for that
> branch?

What history file?  CVSup doesn't know about history files, and the CVS
repository that FreeBSD uses doesn't contain one.

> If you use "-r <branch_tag>:<date>", the most recent timestamp in the
> history file that is older than "<date>" should be used.

Huh?  "-r <BT>:<date?" doesn't work in CVS.  I consider this a bug, but
in any case...


Nate