Re: cvs co -D date problem

[Malcolm Fernandes]

Hi Rob,

I'm not trying to pull an old snapshot of the code.   The build script
checks out the tree based on the current timestamp using "`date`".
This timestamp is embedded in the target load, so that developers can
reproduce the code base, based on this timestamp.

I would expect that files which were previously removed from CVS, would NOT
get checked out in my workspace, if I were to use the current timestamp.

Regards,

Mal


Rob Helmer wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 05:48:27PM -0800, Malcolm Fernandes wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are using CVS 1.11.1p1 on Solaris.   When we use 'cvs co -D date' on
> > the Main branch, I noticed that files which were previously 'cvs
> > removed' now get checked out in my workspace.     This problem does not
> > happen on release branches  'cvs co -D date -rREL_X_Y'.
> >
> > Is this a CVS bug?  Any workarounds?
>
> Hi Malcom,
>
> Not sure I know what behaviour you expect, but as far as I
> understand it, when you "cvs remove" a file a new revision is
> added to the file with the status "dead".
>
> If you pull up an older revision of the file, or cause an older
> revision to be pulled up because it has a tag or date stamp associated
> with it, then the older revision is brought into your working directory
> because it's status is not "dead".
>
> I think the basic question is, why do you not want to be able to pull
> up an old "snapshot" of the code, as it was at the date/time specified,
> when you do a "cvs co -D date", including removals and additions?
>
> What behaviour do you expect?
>
> HTH,
> Rob Helmer
> Namodn
>
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