Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 17:14:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Cc: ache@nagual.pp.ru, skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG, jdp@FreeBSD.ORG, xaa@stack.nl Subject: Re: CVSUP and CVS branches: bug? Message-ID: <199707030014.RAA29620@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199707021809.EAA10866@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from Bruce Evans at "Jul 3, 97 04:09:34 am"
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> >Edit src/sbin/disklabel/disklabel.5.5,v -> Attic
> > Add tag bsd_44_lite_2 -> 1.1.1.3
> > Add delta 1.1.1.3 97.07.02.00.24.14 bde
> >
> >So I think perhaps some files just got misplaced by humans and CVSup
> >propogated them normally.
>
> It's just part of 4.4Lite[2] that we renamed. CVS and human handling of
> renaming sucks, and we're left with disklabel.5.5 on the vendor branch
> in the attic and a spontaneously created disklabel.5 disconnected from
> the vendor branch and its own history.
Half-serious suggestion... why not ask Perforce if they would like
to "donate" their source management system for FreeBSD's non-commercial
use? Not likely, but anyway here's a ref to it:
http://www.perforce.com/perforce/index.html
It addresses most if not all of the many problems that CVS has.
-Archie
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