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Date:      Mon, 28 Dec 1998 08:08:45 -0500 (EST)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>
Cc:        Pat Barron <pat@transarc.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: So, exactly what *was* purged?
Message-ID:  <Pine.HPP.3.96.981228080752.9033B-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812281327070.335-100000@picnic.mat.net>

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On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Chuck Robey wrote:

> If you're tracking current, then you're supposed to also monitor the
> FreeBSD-committers list (it says this in the Handbook, and it's a real
> requirement).  All the things taken out were detailed in that list.

s/FreeBSD-committers/cvs-all

> Attic (with the capital A) is the directory created by cvs to store
> stuff that's been deleted.  cvs itself never forgets anything, it just
> no longer retrieves that, when you check out a copy of current from your
> archive.  cvs will happily give out the older stuff, if you use the
> right date or release code.

True. Contrary to the original post, there is no mystic voodoo chant to
retrieve these files.

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