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To: dob@naserver1.cb.lucent.com
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Subject: Re: CVSup Help! -- why did I get RCS files? 
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Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 07:55:11 -0700
From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.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.
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   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth