Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 16:16:43 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> To: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVS branch update oddity Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.95.961212161345.7215A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961211225134.29879I-100000@alive.ampr.ab.ca>
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On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Marc Slemko wrote: > Ok, so I do a > cvs checkout -rRELENG_2_1_0 src > > Why can't I use a > cvs update -dP src > > to keep it up to date? If I try, it will bring in newly created > directories in other branches. If I use > cvs update -dP -rRELENG_2_1_0 src > > it seems to work as expected but, in general, the -r flag to checkout is > supposed to be sticky. The man page seems to imply that I should not need > to specify the -r for the update. I had a similar problem. My .cvsrc file had a update -A in it that caused it to ignore sticky tags. If you want to be sure put the following into your .cvsrc file: update -P -rRELENG_2_1_0 Regards, Mike
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