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Date:      Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:11:24 -0700
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To:        nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams)
Cc:        Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, "David O'Brien" <obrien@FREEBSD.ORG>, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FREEBSD.ORG>, Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>, Ade Lovett <ade@FREEBSD.ORG>, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@FREEBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FREEBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FREEBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes 
Message-ID:  <200008240311.e7O3BOG68159@netplex.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <200008231731.LAA12980@nomad.yogotech.com> 

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Nate Williams wrote:
> > > > Although it should be a file in CVSROOT, and so will probably turn
> > > > up with a cvsup of the repository.
> > > 
> > > Obviously not under CVS control right?  You may need to talk with John
> > > Polstra about having a file that's constantly changing that is not under
> > > CVS control, to make sure CVSup will 'Do The Right Thing'.
> > 
> > Of course not :) :)  I'd imagine that it would get handled in the same
> > way as any of the prechecked out files in CVSROOT/. (history.README
> > for instance :)
> 
> Possibly, but there may be an optimization that could be done that John
> would know about.  I know that some of the files are handled 'special'
> via CVSup configurations, which optimizes how they are updated.

There is no problem with this, it will happen automagically without John
needing to do anything.  CVSup will replicate it as a plain file.  Whether
it uses rsync or simple replacement will be pretty much academic for such a
small file.

> Nate
> 

Cheers,
-Peter
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