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Subject: Re: make world error in RELENG_2_2 
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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> > I suspect that there IS some other problem, and it is/was with cvsup.
> > I don't know why or how or if I contributed to it:-)
> 
> It's not a problem with cvsup.  It's a fundamental flaw in the model
> of trying to "upgrade" a source tree by continually:
> 
> 	a) Changing modified bits.
> 	b) Adding new ones.
> 	c) Not deleting the old ones.
> 
> It's (c) which is the killer since you will eventually confuse the
> bezeesus out of the build system with old bits.  Do you have the
  ^^^^^^^^
That's "bejeesus" (or sometimes "bejaisus").  Your spelling is terrible :)

> "delete" option turned on in your supfile?
> 
> 					Jordan

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