Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 07:26:03 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), jdp@polstra.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Heads up: src/games/boggle (tm) will soon be removed from repository Message-ID: <199802191426.HAA08771@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199802190827.BAA26612@usr02.primenet.com> References: <199802190529.WAA07263@mt.sri.com> <199802190827.BAA26612@usr02.primenet.com>
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Terry Lambert writes: > > > > I'm going to nuke the boggle (tm) files from the CVS repository this > > > > weekend. If you update your sources using CVS, and have not done a > > > > "cvs update -P" in your games tree since Feburary 11, you will need to > > > > do one before this weekend. > > > > > > So you decided against running the committer (a committer is a type > > > of shell interpreter ;-)) script that I posted that would have > > > accomplished the rename without this type of damage? > > > > It would have created the exact same damage, but immediately so that > > users would't have had the chance to not have the damage. > > > > If you understood how CVS works, you'd know this. I though you had used > > CVS in a past life, but apparently not. > > The -P would still have been required, yes. "This type of damage" refers > to the precedent set, and the potential future ramifications. It would still cause the 'damage' the John was speaking about, in that if you had boggle checked out at that point, as soon as the rename was done everyone would have to go futz with their tree. By doing it the way John has done it, then people who stay updated don't have to futz with their tree. POLA. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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