Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 06:06:24 -0700 (PDT) From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: gnu/3810: cvs can't handle multiple multiple-path directories correctly Message-ID: <199706081306.GAA28920@leia.cs.berkeley.edu> Resent-Message-ID: <199706081310.GAA12313@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 3810 >Category: gnu >Synopsis: cvs can't handle multiple multiple-path directories correctly >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jun 8 06:10:00 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Satoshi Asami >Organization: The FreeBSD Ports Team >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Environment: make world with the latest cvs update. This bug has been there before. >Description: cvs mangles directory names when you (1) specify more than one directory, and (2) the first one has more than one path. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Not known. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: >> cd /usr/ports/editors (edit emacs/Makefile and jed/Makefile) >> cvs diff -u emacs jed 2>/dev/null | grep Index Index: emacs/patches/patch-aa Index: jed/Makefile (correct) >> cd .. >> cvs diff -u editors/emacs editors/jed 2>/dev/null | grep Index Index: editors/emacs/patches/patch-aa Index: editors/editors/jed/Makefile ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You can see similar symptoms if you do "cd /usr/ports; cvs update editors/emacs editors/jed" or "cvs commit editors/emacs editors/jed"). However, "cvs diff" is the only one that is truly annoying because it confuses the hell out of "patch".
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