Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 10:08:36 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is this a new CVS bug? Message-ID: <199801271708.KAA05462@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199801271636.AAA15237@spinner.netplex.com.au> References: <199801271611.IAA17726@austin.polstra.com> <199801271636.AAA15237@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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... > > As you can see, it bogusly checked out the brandelf files into my > > top-level directory. > > > > Is this a new bug, or was it already known? > > You ran this on freefall, yes? If so, then that's still the old cvs on > there, so it's not a new bug. :-) > > Whether or not this is a bug or feature depends on how you look at it. > cvs has (for a while) created a CVS/ directory in the top level directory > with a path to the module in question. Doing a 'cvs update -d -P' in the > top directory causes the exact effects that you describe. IMHO, it's a > bloody pest and in my book it's a bug. Amen. Preach it brother. Go for it. Let 'er rip. > Creating CVS/Root is fine for the > top directory, but causes more trouble than it's worth. No kidding. I tried to have this fixed, but the Cyclic boys didn't agree until recently, so there may be a chance of it getting fixed. (Many of the CVS tests rely on that feature now). And, for what it's worth, I don't know of anyone except the original author who likes the new feature which is undocumented. :( Nate
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