RE: editors get lost with running an update

[Jim.Hyslop]

Thomas Singer wrote:
> We've encountered a problem with GNU CVS 1.12.9. Please see 
> the following log.
[...]
> CVSNT 2.0.58d behaves correctly, it keeps the editors information.
> 
> What request SmartCVS should send, so GNU CVS 1.12.9 just 
> sends the original 
> content of the file without destroying the editors 
> information? Thanks in 
> advance.
Well, I think the first thing to do is to fix the bug (sounds like a bug in
CVS 1.12 to me).

I don't have a copy of 1.12 handy to test this, but try adding the -p option
to see if that helps.

Since you're doing a file compare, you could just do it the way CVS expects
you to - invoke the 'diff' command and send the current contents of the file
;=) Or, since you want to fetch the original version in its entirety, you
could send an empty file. CVS will then respond with all the lines that you
"deleted", i.e. the entire file (which you can then redirect to your
external file comparer).

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com )
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts )