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Date:      Fri, 6 Jul 2001 17:06:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Cc:        j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
Subject:   Re: conficting cvs version numbers?
Message-ID:  <200107070006.f67063O17319@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <200107062259.f66Mxkq21591@bunrab.catwhisker.org>
References:  <200107062259.f66Mxkq21591@bunrab.catwhisker.org>

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In article <200107062259.f66Mxkq21591@bunrab.catwhisker.org>,
David Wolfskill  <david@catwhisker.org> wrote:
> >From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
> >When I try
> 
> >cvs -R co -f src/sys/dev/ppbus/immio.c
> 
> >I get version 1.15.  When I look at the .c,v file in the cvs tree, it says
> >HEAD is 1.16, but $Id says it is 1.15.  The same string expanded in the web
> >cvs tree says 1.16.  It seems I am always one behind, even though HEAD in
> >the cvs file reflects the -current version.
> 
> >What silly mistake am I making?
> 
> Probably didn't actually specify the proper CVSROOT directory.

Or maybe you have a sticky tag or sticky date set on that file.  You
can find out with "cvs status".  To clear it, use "-A" instead of
"-f" in your cvs checkout command.  (Why are you using -f anyway?
I've never yet encountered a situation in this project where it was
needed.)

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa


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