From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 6 22:19:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E528E1065675 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 22:19:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (trang.nuxi.org [74.95.12.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDC7E8FC1D for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 22:19:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m56LwXOH082219; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 14:58:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m56LwW2l082218; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 14:58:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 14:58:32 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Peter Wemm Message-ID: <20080606215832.GA82082@dragon.NUXI.org> Mail-Followup-To: obrien@freebsd.org, Peter Wemm , Ian FREISLICH , current@freebsd.org References: <20080606155541.GA90949@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: Ian FREISLICH , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone else seeing this (cvs wierdness)? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:19:33 -0000 On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 10:24:40AM -0700, Peter Wemm wrote: > On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 8:55 AM, David O'Brien wrote: > > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 04:12:39PM +0200, Ian FREISLICH wrote: > >> Recently - I guess in the last month or two - successive cvs updates > >> always "updates" files in the following directories, this with no > >> update to the CVS repo: > >> > >> cddl/contrib/opensolaris > >> contrib/ntp > >> contrib/ipfilter > >> contrib/expat > >> contrib/tcsh > >> > >> I sync a local CVS repo using cvsup and I update my source using > >> 'cvs -q update -PdA' > > > > Why are you always using "update -A"? Basically all the reports of > > weirdness are due to folks not fully understanding what -A does and is > > for. > > > > If -A removes stickly dates, tags, and (what you're seeing here) stickly > > options. Options can be set locally, in the ,v file on the server. Some > > keywords (such as $Name$) may need to be updated due to "update -A". > > We use -A because we've often messed with sticky dates and tags in our > checked out copy and want to reset anything we've forgotten and start .. > This is not what is happening now. If the server has a nonstandard > rcs keyword expansion mode, cvs fetches a fresh copy, each and every > time. Even if the checked out copy has the correct expansion mode. > Over and over and over again. Talk to the CVS developers (and read the bug report trail that lead to this change). This behavior is intended. I'm not saying I care for it, but its not a bug. > from a known state. For the last 14 years, -A has done exactly that. > If a stray sticky date or sticky tag had been set, -A would reset the > tag and fetch a new copy and life was good. Except that it wouldn't do it in all cases where it was needed. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)