Subject: Re: misc/15797: Lack of CVSROOT/options file foils CVSup $NetBSD$ expansion
To: None <richards+netbsd@CS.Princeton.EDU>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/03/2002 23:42:39
On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 05:14:29PM -0500, richards@CS.Princeton.EDU wrote:
> >Description:
> CVSup, by default, does not expand the $NetBSD$ keyword. Hence
> files tracked by CVSup have off-by-one revisions in $NetBSD$.
>
> (I know that NetBSD is reluctant to imply that CVSup is supported,
> but this is a small, quick fix that benefits many people.)
> >How-To-Repeat:
> Grab NetBSD source files from any of the CVSup mirrors listed on
> the mirrors page (except the one in Norway, which has fixed this
> problem locally).
> >Fix:
> In the CVSROOT directory (i.e. the CVSROOT directory that is
> propagated to mirror sites), add a file named "options" with the
Well, unfortunably the CVSROOT is *not* propagated to mirrors; each mirror
maintain their own CVSROOT.
So this has to be fixed on each mirror.
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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