From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 18 10:39:09 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id KAA20910 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 10:39:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id KAA20902 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 10:38:59 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.3/8.8.3) id KAA26882; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 10:38:58 -0800 (PST) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Path: not-for-mail From: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra) Newsgroups: polstra.freebsd.hackers Subject: Re: Nasty gotcha with CVS/CVSup setup Date: 18 Dec 1996 10:38:58 -0800 Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 20 Distribution: local Message-ID: <599do2$q7v@austin.polstra.com> References: <199612180637.RAA29514@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Fcc: outbox Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In article <199612180637.RAA29514@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, Michael Smith wrote: > > In trying to keep the footprint of my CVS repository down to a reasonable > level, I've listed Attic directories in my CVSup 'Refuse' files. > > But this comes back to bite me when I check out, say, RELENG_2_2, where > files have been subsequently deleted. In the case of 2.2, it makes the > world unbuildable. Grr. Yup, it always seems like a good idea to suppress those "useless" Attic files. But if you do that, the only thing you're guaranteed to be able to check out and build is today's version of -current. If that's all you want, there's no point in maintaining a repository at all. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth