From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 3 00:23:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D58F37B401 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 00:23:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.numachi.com (meisai.numachi.com [198.175.254.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3B5A143F3F for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 00:23:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from reichert@numachi.com) Received: (qmail 53178 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2003 07:23:41 -0000 Received: from natto.numachi.com (198.175.254.216) by meisai.numachi.com with SMTP; 3 Aug 2003 07:23:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 2637 invoked by uid 1001); 3 Aug 2003 07:23:41 -0000 Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 03:23:41 -0400 From: Brian Reichert To: John Polstra Message-ID: <20030803072341.GC298@numachi.com> References: <20030802193548.GH969@numachi.com> <200308022222.h72MM6Jl077237@strings.polstra.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200308022222.h72MM6Jl077237@strings.polstra.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: messing with CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 07:23:43 -0000 On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 03:22:06PM -0700, John Polstra wrote: > In article <20030802193548.GH969@numachi.com>, > Brian Reichert wrote: > > I'm exploring the 'local repository' tactics as described in: > > > > > > > > which makes use of the CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM evironment variable. > [...] > > Any advice? > > Yes: look for a different approach, or at least backup your local > repository frequently. There are known bugs in CVSup which can cause > it to throw away your local branch under certain circumstances. I > won't have time to fix those issues any time soon. So my advice is, > don't use the CVS_LOCAL_BRANCH_NUM feature. Darn. :/ I had asked about this topic back in early March, search for message ID <20030307215517.GD41124@numachi.com>, if you care. I wanted to learn about maintaining a private repository, and the above URL was the sole concrete pointer. (Well, not true: someone else in that thread responded about a makefile patch, but no one else had any good ideas.) So, can the 'certain circumstances' be described, so that I might avoid them? Or is that just due to inherent wierdness in the whole CVSup process? Thanks for the feedback, in any case... > > John > -- > John Polstra > John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA > "Two buttocks cannot avoid friction." -- Malawi saying -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA BSD admin/developer at large