Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:29:54 +0200 (EET) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Ryan Davis <ryand-bsd@ZenSpider.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem w/ cvsweb interface? Message-ID: <20020320222546.U6735-100000@hades> In-Reply-To: <bulk.2932.20020319204311@hub.freebsd.org>
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On 2002-03-19 20:43, Ryan Davis wrote: > I noticed that src/sys/i386/isa/if_wi.c was updated via a cvsup run > against 4.5-stable and wanted to investigate the changes that have > been made since my last update. However, and this could be my > misunderstanding of the CGI's interface, the file is only found under > that path if you search the Attic: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/i386/isa/Attic/if_wi.c > > But is not found if you search: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/i386/isa/ > > Clue me in? or is this a bug? During the lifetime of a source tree, some files are removed from the last, most up to date `version' of the source tree (CVS calls this the HEAD branch). In source control systems, like CVS, the history of that file is still important. The Attic/ subdirectory is CVS's way of preserving that history. When a file is 'removed' from the HEAD of a source tree, then CVS moves this file in the repository into an Attic/ subdirectory. This way, the file is not checked out when someone asks for a clean copy of the HEAD branch, but is still there if someone wants to view it later on. Long story made short: Read the last log entry of the file in the Attic/. It was `cvs removed' :-) Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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