Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 18:16:45 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem cvsup'ing gnats Message-ID: <20000714181645.C237@parish> In-Reply-To: <396EC61A.11068F1B@gorean.org>; from DougB@gorean.org on Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 12:49:46AM -0700 References: <20000712191846.K237@parish> <396D9452.BEC5DB5C@gorean.org> <20000713175243.A237@parish> <396EC61A.11068F1B@gorean.org>
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On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 12:49:46AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> > > I have no idea what the committer's guide says, but here is the cvsup file
> > > I've used for years. The first set of entries is for the cvs repo files,
> > > but it does slurp down the gnats files as well. Oddly enough, this
> > > information is in /usr/share/examples/cvsup/gnats-supfile.
> > >
> >
> > Which info exactly? It makes no mention of tags (except implicitly I
> > suppose, by virtue of the fact that there's no tag= entry).
>
> So how big of a stick would you like us to hit you with? :) Seriously...
> why would someone create an example supfile that A) didn't work, or B)
> contained more information than was necessary to make it work?
>
> > > *default release=current
> > > gnats
> > >
> >
> > How does all this work without a tag?
>
> The question you really want to ask yourself is, what do the tags mean,
> and why _would_ you specify a tag to slurp the gnats files?
>
The answer to both your questions (I know you posed 3, but I don't
want hitting with a stick) is that I (mis)understood that if there was
no ``tag='' entry then ``tag=.'' was the default, i.e. src-all would
get you -current.
OK, I'll go and RTFM, but looking back at your supfile that you
posted in an earlier message I see no tags at all, and given that
``tag=.'' doesn't work for gnats, I can only come to the conclusion
that the *implied* tag is different for each collection.
> Doug
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