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Date:      Tue, 8 Jul 1997 16:04:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
To:        jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra)
Cc:        fenner@parc.xerox.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG, bde@zeta.org.au, ache@nagual.pp.ru, peter@spinner.dialix.com.au
Subject:   Re: CVS Branches hits again!
Message-ID:  <199707082304.QAA20156@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
In-Reply-To: <199707082220.PAA28704@austin.polstra.com> from John Polstra at "Jul 8, 97 03:20:03 pm"

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> > This is cvsup not being bug-compatible with cvs.  These files really
> > were brought back from the dead, but cvs doesn't check them out
> > because it left them in the Attic.
> 
> Bill is right, but it's even worse than that.  CVS is not even
> bug-compatible with CVS.
> 
> For example, if you do a "cvs export -D tomorrow src/usr.bin" you
> do not get the same files as you get when you do a "cvs co -P
> src/usr.bin".  The export command brings back the files that were

Well of cource you get a different set of files, one command
above uses the -P (prune) option and the other does not.  You
need to add a -P to your ``cvs export''!!

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Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
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