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From: Ben Stuyts <benst@terminus.stuyts.nl>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 97 23:28:52 +0200
To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Subject: Re: cvs keeps putting src/contrib/tcl/library/http1.0 back in
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On Tue, 19 Aug 1997, Nate Williams wrote:

> When CVS checks out new directories, it doesn't pick up the Tag from the
> current directory.  Whether this is a bug or not depends on your view of
> CVS.  I consider it neither, since both ways are valid.  If you're using
> CVS in a 'work' directory, and you check out a new file, it's not
> obvious that you don't want the 'current' version, instead of the tagged
> version, so you shouldn't be using the parent's TAG.  But, in the case
> of recursive (ie; updates), you may want the tag.
>
> In short, I don't consider it a bug, but neither do I consider it a
> feature.  The solution is simple, and to always specify the tag when
> using '-d'.
>
> So, I always use:
>
> % cvs update -Pdr TAG_NAME

Ok, that's what I said in my original message. I understand your reasoning,  
but it's not what I expected.

Slight side note: However, this means that 'make update' in /usr/src is  
somewhat broken, because it always does a 'cvs -q update -P  -d'.

Best regards,
Ben