Re: checkoutlist bogus??

[Larry Jones]

Peter Lynch writes:
> 
> I have added a directory called util at $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/util. I then put a
> file in this directory called foo.bar, then added and committed it to CVS.
> 
> I get the message that the CVS administrative database is rebuilding.. or
> whatever without even adding it to the checkoutlist file.

That's correct -- whenever you commit any file in CVSROOT or a
subdirectory of CVSROOT, CVS rebuilds the administrative files.  The
checkoutlist file is a list of additional files to be *checked out* when
rebuilding the administrative files, not a list of additional files that
cause the administrative files to be rebuilt when they're checked in. 
If you look in $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/util, you should find that you only have
foo.bar,v and not foo.bar unless you've added it to checkoutlist.

-Larry Jones

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