Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 14:42:06 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Jason Nugent <malhavoc@stomped.com> Cc: f-q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cvsup list file & file status (c C F U D) Message-ID: <20010703144206.A18396@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20010702160818.A496@moo.holy.cow>; from parv_@yahoo.com on Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 04:08:18PM -0400 References: <20010702144937.A2168@moo.holy.cow> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0107021352540.23452-100000@smithers.stomped.com> <20010702160818.A496@moo.holy.cow>
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so, me shared this in my lifetime... > so, Jason Nugent shared this in my lifetime... > > > > Parv, > > > > There are a whole stack of CVSup files in your > > > > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ > > > > directory. > > > > there is also quite a bit in the Handbook on CVSup. > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html > > > > > > Jason > > > > On Mon, 2 Jul 2001 at 1:52pm, parv thought about > > > > > does anybody know what above mentioned 5 one-letter tags mean in a > > > cvsup list file? i could find only those 5 tags for "src-all" for > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > "RELENG_4". > > > > > > also, does anybody know the complete format of a cvsup list file? > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > > > manpage of cvsup doesn't have much to say under section "the list > > > file", or "see also". i have checked manpage for cvs too; is the > > > "commands" section, subsection "update" relevant here? web/usenet > > > searches offer nothing relevant... > > > > > no. that's not it. please re-read the previous message. > > i am not looking information for supfile or its format. i am looking > for information about _THE_LIST_FILE_, as cvsup manpage calls it. or, > a "status file" according to the handbook. > well, i found my answer -- only after learning that it's also called a "checkout file"[1] -- in the doc/(Checkouts|Protocol) after downloading the source. for closure, below are the meaning of the codes: The types of records are as follows: c Checked-out file that is dead C Checked-out file that is alive F File format version identifier U Go up out of a subdirectory D Go down into a subdirectory [1] according to doc/faq.html... ./doc/faq.html:800:<p>Confusingly, checkouts files are also sometimes referred to as ./doc/faq.html-801-"list" files. - parv To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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