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Date:      Tue, 05 Apr 2005 08:08:22 -0800 (PDT)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: CVSup and Attic files
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20050405080822.jdp@polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <20050405142049.GE148@over-yonder.net>

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On 05-Apr-2005 Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> I've noticed some strange behavior suddenly out of CVSup.  I refuse
> all Attic files in ports, and that doesn't seem to be working right
> all of a sudden.
> 
> My best guess is that it's something due to the recent patch to cvsupd
> to handle INDEX issues, since I can't think of anything else that
> would make it suddenly change,

You are right.  The patch took away the ability to refuse Attic files.
I know that's an inconvenience for some folks, but I think it better
matches CVSup's overall philosophy of Attic files -- namely, that the
Attic is a historical CVS quirk that ought to be hidden as much as
possible.

John



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