Re: Weird problem, not urgent, just curious

[Larry Jones]

Walter, Jan writes:
> 
> When I do a 'cvs co -D "Dec 06 2002" myproject' some files get tossed in
> that were actually removed from cvs in October. They dont appear in a normal
> 'cvs co myproject' (obviously the directories do unless I use the prune
> option). Doing a 'cvs log' command on these files shows them as having been
> dead, and now having a status of 'Exp;' - the rcs path shows them as living
> in the attic. 
> 
> What's up with that?

Could you post an example log?  It sounds like the files have been
partially resurrected -- they're no longer dead, but they're still
living in the Attic.

> We're still using CVS 1.11p1 - maybe that's a quirk that got fixed in 1.12.
> Next question - any upgrade gotchas?

I think you mean CVS 1.11.1p1 and 1.11.2 -- there is no 1.12 yet.  The
major problem with 1.11.2 is that it doesn't work in server mode with
earlier clients when using compression.  If you're considering
upgrading, I would actually suggest the current development version
instead, or waiting for it to be blessed as 1.11.3 (which shouldn't take
too long).

-Larry Jones

Hmm... That might not be politic. -- Calvin