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Date:      Thu, 20 Nov 1997 17:25:38 -0700 (MST)
From:      "Chad R. Larson" <chad@freebie.dcfinc.com>
To:        nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams)
Cc:        chad@dcfinc.com, nate@mt.sri.com, rkw@dataplex.net, brian@awfulhak.org, andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Version Resolution?
Message-ID:  <199711210025.RAA04348@freebie.dcfinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <199711202218.PAA11561@mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Nov 20, 97 03:18:00 pm"

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> It's got to be in one place so that all
> of the different distribution mechanisms get the same information if
> they grab the same file (CTM/CVS/CVSup).  If not in one place, then all
> of the distribution mechanism must generate the *EXACT* same information
> given the *EXACT* same information, and given that the propogation
> delays of the sources throughout the world, then simple timestamps won't
> work.
>
> So, how do you do it?

It would have to be a custom hack to CVS, letting it generate newvers.sh
on the fly at each commit.  Then "simple timestamps" =would= work.

	-crl
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