From owner-freebsd-arch Thu Jan 31 7:51:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (storm.FreeBSD.org.uk [194.242.139.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C41637B420; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 07:51:12 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with UUCP id g0VFpBY27750; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 15:51:11 GMT (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.org (greenpeace [192.168.42.2]) by gratis.grondar.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63624FD; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 15:50:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0VCQmE68870; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 12:26:52 GMT (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <200201311226.g0VCQmE68870@greenpeace.grondar.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov Cc: Sheldon Hearn , arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding support for a global src tree serial number References: <20020131140403.A69232@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20020131140403.A69232@sunbay.com> ; from Ruslan Ermilov "Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:04:03 +0200." Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 12:26:43 +0000 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > This scheme won't work because the state of the tree can be modified > by CVS meisters performing direct operations on a repository. See > how stealthy the latest GCC import gone. A simple serial number which increases as the repo changes is sufficient. If the repo-meisters do surgery, then we need to also remember to bump the serial. M -- o Mark Murray \_ FreeBSD Services Limited O.\_ Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message