Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:20:13 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding support for a global src tree serial number Message-ID: <20020131182013.A84715@genius.tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <200201311226.g0VCQmE68870@greenpeace.grondar.org>; from mark@grondar.za on Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 12:26:43PM %2B0000 References: <20020131140403.A69232@sunbay.com> <200201311226.g0VCQmE68870@greenpeace.grondar.org>
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--0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 12:26:43PM +0000, Mark Murray wrote: > > This scheme won't work because the state of the tree can be modified > > by CVS meisters performing direct operations on a repository. See > > how stealthy the latest GCC import gone. >=20 > A simple serial number which increases as the repo changes is > sufficient. If the repo-meisters do surgery, then we need to > also remember to bump the serial. A serial number in /home/ncvs/src/SERIAL wouldn't even need to be kept under revision control as cvsup will still transfer it. (On the other hand those of us that use cvs to update the source would miss out). Joe --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjxZit0ACgkQXVIcjOaxUBalUQCbBsdH9GJFUNjT33AYLniHB4h0 nNYAn1pKy4TxE5A2Cvic7Di8ut6Xkpsq =FRYc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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