Date: 18 Dec 1996 10:38:58 -0800 From: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nasty gotcha with CVS/CVSup setup Message-ID: <599do2$q7v@austin.polstra.com> References: <199612180637.RAA29514@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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In article <199612180637.RAA29514@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> 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
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