From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Nov 20 16:28:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA24005 for stable-outgoing; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 16:28:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable) Received: from freebie.dcfinc.com (freebie.dcfinc.com [138.113.2.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA23982 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 16:28:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chad@freebie.dcfinc.com) Received: (from chad@localhost) by freebie.dcfinc.com (8.8.3/8.8.3a) id RAA04348; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 17:25:40 -0700 (MST) From: "Chad R. Larson" Message-Id: <199711210025.RAA04348@freebie.dcfinc.com> Subject: Re: Version Resolution? To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 17:25:38 -0700 (MST) Cc: chad@dcfinc.com, nate@mt.sri.com, rkw@dataplex.net, brian@awfulhak.org, andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199711202218.PAA11561@mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Nov 20, 97 03:18:00 pm" Reply-to: chad@dcfinc.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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 -- Chad R. Larson (CRL22) Brother, can you paradigm? 602-953-1392 chad@dcfinc.com chad@anasazi.com crl22@aol.com DCF, Inc. - 14523 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254