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Date:      Tue, 17 Sep 1996 07:55:11 -0700
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        dob@naserver1.cb.lucent.com
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CVSup Help! -- why did I get RCS files? 
Message-ID:  <199609171455.HAA16068@austin.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Sep 1996 10:24:41 EDT." <9609171424.AA08691@cbsky.cb.att.com> 

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dob@naserver1.cb.lucent.com wrote:

> This is my CVSupfile line for includes:
> 
> src-include release=cvs host=cvsup.FreeBSD.org hostbase=/home base=/usr prefix=/usr compress delete old use-rel-suffix 
> 
> (I received ",v" files for many files in include, but none for anywhere else!)
> 
> 
> What gives?  Why did I receive the RCS file and why didn't CVSup make the 
> update?  

Because you didn't specify the "tag" or "date" keyword in your supfile
line.  If you don't specify one or both of those, you get the RCS files.
--
   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth



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