Re: Reproducible builds with local changes

[Aymeric Vincent <aymericvincent%free.fr@localhost>]

christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas) writes:

> In article <87tvnwxdgt.fsf%free.fr@localhost>,
> Aymeric Vincent  <aymericvincent%free.fr@localhost> wrote:
>>
>>when using cvs, after modifying files and "cvs up"dating, cvslatest
>>chokes on the "Result of merge"s which stand in place of timestamps in
>>CVS/Entries for locally modified files.
>
> I would advocate "fix your tree" instead. Even if you want to keep the
> local changes, you can:
>
> mv foo foo.new
> cvs update
> mv foo.new foo

Ouch. This is completely broken for no purpose. A "cvs up"dated tree
requires no "fixing"; cvslatest(1) does.

The patch I sent just makes things work. What's wrong with it?

Regards,
 Aymeric