This is an automatically posted mini-FAQ. The "Subject:" header will not change unless the contents of the mini-FAQ change, which I hope will be infrequently....
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Ebert Rolf
ebert%prg11@...
Sep 2, 1996 3:42 pm
... BF> I recently posted the below msg, but received zero replies. Is this BF> problem too easy, too hard, or is there no cvs solution?? Thanks, BF> --Ben...
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Shaun Johnson
shaun@...
Sep 2, 1996 6:25 pm
Is there any way to configure the modules file such that checking out a module will create multiple working directories under the current directory? Thanks, S....
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Shaun Johnson
shaun@...
Sep 2, 1996 7:32 pm
My previous question was caused by a complete misreading of the description of the: mname -a aliases... entry in the modules file. Sorry, S....
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VaX
Sep 3, 1996 1:56 am
cvs-move works properly with files not in the current working dir; that is, you can "cvs-move foo bar/baz" or "cvs-move bar/baz foo". Hooray! However, I...
2595
VaX
Sep 3, 1996 8:07 am
Originally posted to current-users@... I'm interested in how people are integrating vendor source and local mods, patches, and replacements. I am...
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Seth Copen Goldstein
sethg@...
Sep 3, 1996 11:16 pm
In the FAQ it says (in 1B.2) that an archive for this list can be found at ftp.delos.com. This is no longer true as is evidenced by the mail message below. ......
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Ben Foster
foster@...
Sep 3, 1996 11:16 pm
... Wow, 2nd time's the charm -- I received several responses this time to the above question. Sorry I was not entirely clear: I need cvs to help me *create*...
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Stefan Dalibor
Stefan.Dalibor@...
Sep 4, 1996 1:46 am
Hi, I'm rather new to CVS - so please excuse if this wastes your time... I'd like to use CVS for system administration; that is, I want to put all the files on...
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Bruno Boettcher
bboett@...
Sep 4, 1996 2:55 pm
Hello, I am new to cvs and have the following problems: despite the fact that CVSROOT is declared, cvs doesn't recognize it... (i solved it putting a cvs...
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Bruno Boettcher
bboett@...
Sep 4, 1996 5:41 pm
There i am again... among others we have to work on different hosts, what is the best way to manage this? At the moment i have allowed nfs binding of the...
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Fitts, Paula
Paula.Fitts@...
Sep 4, 1996 8:46 pm
When trying to commit a file, we get the following error: sticky tag fir_vata20 for file divfile.c is not a branch Does anyone know how to fix this and why we...
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Mike Sutton
mws115@...
Sep 4, 1996 11:17 pm
... Fitts> When trying to commit a file, we get the following error: Fitts> sticky tag fir_vata20 for file divfile.c is not a branch Fitts> Does anyone know...
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Ian Lance Taylor
ian@...
Sep 4, 1996 11:48 pm
... CVS has a peculiar feature known as ``sticky tags.'' They are important to handle branches correctly, but the current design is ideal for entrapping...
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Matt Ashcraft
mda@...
Sep 5, 1996 1:46 am
Hi Paula, You're getting this error because at some point in the past, you co'd your source directory by referencing a tag, like maybe 'cvs co -r oldrelease...
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Dan Wilder
dan@...
Sep 5, 1996 2:48 am
Ian Lance Taylor writes: [ ... ] ... This however may trap an unwary user, too. The command ... (1) may modify the file, and (2) may put the file on a whole...
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VaX
Sep 5, 1996 6:25 am
What is the source code control methodology to the following situation? You have an OS, say NetBSD, possibly under source control. You have a module, ipfilter,...
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Stefan Walder
sw@...
Sep 5, 1996 11:24 am
Hello, I want to create a source listing but instead of linenumbers I want to see the name of the useres who have changed this line. Is there any solution? ...
2608
VaX
Sep 5, 1996 1:31 pm
using: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.6 (client/server) Patch Level: 2 did a: cvs update -j pre-ncftp-2_3_0 -j ncftp-2_3_0 in a checked-out directory, got:...
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Bruno Boettcher
bboett@...
Sep 5, 1996 2:11 pm
More questions: BTW is there anywhere an up to date FAQ, mine seems very old.... I tryed to mail the author, but he stopped using cvs 3 years ago... As...
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Steve Willer
willer@...
Sep 5, 1996 6:47 pm
... cvs status <filename> I think this command was added for 1.8.0, but I'm not sure about that. At any rate, if you have a recent version, this command should...
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Steven Jowers
jowers@...
Sep 5, 1996 7:29 pm
I need some help. Can anyone explain the final behavior in the experiment below? (I'll refrain from explaining why I needed to do this.) The head revision for...
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Assar
assar@...
Sep 5, 1996 8:20 pm
... In recent cvs version (1.8 and above) there is the "cvs annotate" command which should do exactly what you are looking for. /assar...
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Danny Sadinoff
sadinoff@...
Sep 5, 1996 8:29 pm
I just finished unmunging a messed-up val-tags file myself. (version 1.8.1) there were severeal well behaved tags in there, but somehow this crept in: V3_0802...
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Steve Willer
willer@...
Sep 5, 1996 10:58 pm
... Oops. What I really meant was: cvs annotate <filename> ... Steve Willer, SoftQuad International, Toronto ON Work: willer@... Personal:...
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Brenda J. Butler
bjb@...
Sep 5, 1996 11:28 pm
... If the indicated switches were not used (in particular, the -n) during A's update, then you would only see the diffs between versions 1.22 and 1.23. Also,...
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Dave Wolfe
dwolfe@...
Sep 5, 1996 11:33 pm
[ Steven Jowers writes: ] ... [...] ... Conflicts != differences. Conflicts are (roughly) changes to the same lines of code such that merge can't resolve them,...
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James Crotinger
jac@...
Sep 5, 1996 11:39 pm
... I think Steve means "cvs annotate <filename>". Jim...
... That's what confused me. The remaining 113 differences were NOT merged. There were entire sections of code that were changed in user B going from 1.21 to ...
