[1.11.5]: cvs edit & cvs editors bugs?

[Marshall, Simon]

Here are 2 odd problems; I'm not sure what to make of them.  Could I
have screwed up somehow?  Are they bugs?

We have a CVS repository module "carma" previously created from an RCS
repository.  Let's say it contains a trunk plus branches B1 & B2.  I've
done a "cvs watch on carma".


Problem 1:
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User A does "cvs edit Makefile" in A's top-level working directory
~A/carma/B1 of a branch B1.
cvs editors reports:

Makefile        A        [date]    [host] /users/A/carma/B1

This is OK.  The fileattr entry says:

FMakefile
_watched=;_editors=A>[date]+[host]+/users/A/carma/B1;_watchers=A>tedit+t
unedit+tcommit

This seems fine.

User A does "cvs edit Makefile" in A's top-level working directory
~A/carma/B2 of a branch B2.
cvs editors reports:

Makefile        A        [date]    [host] /users/A/carma/B2

What happened to the other edit?  Now the fileattr entry says:

FMakefile
_watched=;_editors=A>[date]+[host]+/users/A/carma/B2;_watchers=A>tedit+t
unedit+tcommit

Surely this is wrong?  What happened to the entry for branch B1?  Is it
a CVS bug?  Note that if A does "cvs unedit Makefile" in A's top-level
working directory ~A/carma/B2, cvs editors report that there is no edit
for Makefile.  Not surprisingly, as the fileattr says:

FMakefile _watched=

So it appears that "cvs edit" erroneously removed entries from fileattr
when branches are used.  Maybe fileattr needs to be taught about
branches?


Problem 2:
==========

User A does "cvs edit Makefile" in A's top-level working directory
~A/carma/trunk.
cvs editors reports:

Makefile        A        [date]    [host] /users/A/carma/trunk

This is OK.  The fileattr entry says:

FMakefile
_watched=;_editors=A>[date]+[host]+/users/A/carma/trunk;_watchers=A>tedi
t+tunedit+tcommit

This seems fine.

User B does "cvs edit Makefile" in B's top-level working directory
~B/carma/trunk.
cvs editors reports:

Makefile        A        [date]    [host] /users/A/carma/trunk

Surely this is wrong?  Why doesn't it list user B's edit?  Is it a CVS
bug?  The fileattr entry says:

FMakefile
_watched=;_editors=A>[date]+[host]+/users/A/carma/trunk,B>[date]+[host]+
/users/B/carma/trunk;_watchers=A>tedit+tunedit+tcommit,B>tedit+tunedit+t
commit

This seems fine; it contains info for the edit of both users.  Note that
if user A does "cvs unedit Makefile" in A's top-level working directory
~A/carma/trunk, cvs editors reports:

Makefile        B        [date]    [host] /users/B/carma/trunk

So it appears that "cvs editors" does not process the fileattr entries
correctly.


Please let me know if you need any more information for these problems.
Thanks, Simon.