Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 16:10:21 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com> Cc: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Version Resolution? Message-ID: <199711212310.QAA16353@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199711212307.PAA15838@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com> References: <rkw@dataplex.net> <199711212307.PAA15838@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>
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> } >And if you don't do this, how do you get the right token if you export > } >a version from CVS using -r <branch_tag>:<date> to get something other > } >than the head of a branch? > } > } You don't. The purpose of this hack is to distinguish between two > } different source trees which are extracted using exactly the same > } (head of a branch) tag, but at different times. > } > } We should also be using a CVS/RCS macro to tell us what tag we used for > } the extraction. This information should also get included in the system > } identification. > > Couldn't this solve the original problem as well? If you are extracting > at the head of a branch, we've already got the branch tag info, so we > just need to set the date macro to the time of the extraction. What about the folks that don't use CVS to get the bits? The CVS macro doesn't exist for them. ;( Nate
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