From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jul 8 16:05:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA14772 for current-outgoing; Tue, 8 Jul 1997 16:05:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA14765 for ; Tue, 8 Jul 1997 16:05:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) id QAA20156; Tue, 8 Jul 1997 16:04:21 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199707082304.QAA20156@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: CVS Branches hits again! In-Reply-To: <199707082220.PAA28704@austin.polstra.com> from John Polstra at "Jul 8, 97 03:20:03 pm" To: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 16:04:20 -0700 (PDT) Cc: fenner@parc.xerox.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG, bde@zeta.org.au, ache@nagual.pp.ru, peter@spinner.dialix.com.au X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > 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''!! -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD