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Date:      Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:58:20 -0500
From:      Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Old /etc files back, or cvs error?
Message-ID:  <47d0403c0902241458m32738f53l58ef878ff61c8478@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0902241538180.44980@wonkity.com>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.0902232254130.40842@wonkity.com> <200902240058.31212.kstewart@owt.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0902241538180.44980@wonkity.com>

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On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
>
> I guess I just don't understand.  Why did that file and so many others in
> /etc go backwards:
>
> 7.1-RELEASE had 1.3.6.1 2008/11/25
>
> Three months later:
>
> RELENG_7 (7.1-STABLE) has 1.3 2006/05/18
>
> Were those later versions (maybe just version strings) included in
> 7.1-RELEASE by mistake?  Were they tagged by mistake and this latest change
> is just fixing that error?

I think the 2008/11/25 date is from when RELENG_7_1 was branched --- the branch
took place after the file was created, so it looks newer, even though
the content is the same.

-Ben Kaduk



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