Re: Problems with -f option and checkout

[Larry Jones]

John McNamara writes:
> 
> Why doesn't Case 2 work?

If the tag doesn't exist at all, CVS assumes that you've made a mistake
and so doesn't do anything.  After all, if the tag doesn't exist at all,
why are you specifying it with -f instead of just checking out the head?

> If Case 2 shouldn't work why does Case 3 work?

Actually, Case 3 may or may not work -- it depends on whether the tag is
in the CVSROOT/val-tags file or not.  If it is, it works; if it's not,
it doesn't.

-Larry Jones

In a minute, you and I are going to settle this out of doors. -- Calvin