Subject: Re: Use of .a as a source file extension causes cvs import issues
To: None <tech-repository@NetBSD.org, tech-userlevel@NetBSD.org>
From: Alan Barrett <apb@cequrux.com>
List: tech-repository
Date: 10/11/2007 12:27:33
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> We have a file with extension .a in our source tree, "bin/csh/USD.doc/csh.a".
> This clashes with cvs import's default ignore list and will cause trouble
> for those importing NetBSD into their own repositories.

Doesn't everybody use "cvs import -I\! -ICVS" when importing a CVS
checkout into another CVS repository?

--apb (Alan Barrett)