FW: cvs diff different to rcs diff

[Graham.Clay]

> Hi, 
> 
> Not so much a bug as a "gotcha"/enhancement request.  
> 
> In RCS, diff works by comparing your working copy against the latest version 
> available in the repository; cvs diffs against the repository version from 
> which your working copy was derived, *even if a later version exists in the 
> repository*.  Moreover, cvs diff doesn't even warn the diff'er that a later 
> version exists.
> 
> Can diff be modified:
> 1) to allow an "rcs-like" diff option (I can see the benefits of having both 
> styles available) and 
> 2) to warn if a later version exists in the repository?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Graham A. Clay
> Nokia (UK) Ltd,
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> Farnborough.
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