From owner-cvs-etc Fri Sep 15 13:06:18 1995 Return-Path: owner-cvs-etc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA01628 for cvs-etc-outgoing; Fri, 15 Sep 1995 13:06:18 -0700 Received: from aslan.cdrom.com (aslan.cdrom.com [192.216.223.142]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA01623 ; Fri, 15 Sep 1995 13:06:12 -0700 Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by aslan.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA24251; Fri, 15 Sep 1995 13:05:51 -0700 Message-Id: <199509152005.NAA24251@aslan.cdrom.com> X-Authentication-Warning: aslan.cdrom.com: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: "Rodney W. Grimes" cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), davidg@Root.COM, CVS-commiters@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-etc@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc sysconfig In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 15 Sep 1995 12:52:15 PDT." <199509151952.MAA00326@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 13:05:51 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-cvs-etc@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> Try this, for an example: >> >> cvs co foo >> cd foo >> cvs diff -rRELENG_2_1_0 -rHEAD >> >> You'll see nothing. According to the man page, you're *supposed* to >> be able to generate diffs against arbitrary tags, but it's certainly >> never worked that way for me. > >Try his instead: (Much faster, saves the cvs co op :-)) > >cvs rdiff -rRELENG_2_1_0 -rHEAD foo rdiff may not be broken, but cvs diff is. >-- >Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com >Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== Software Developer - Walnut Creek CDROM FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================