Re: CVS won't update with latest revision

[Rohan Nandode]

Hi,
I don't think putting update -A in .cvsrc would be good option. It will 
override every update command. also probably give problems when you want 
to update to some specific version(cvs update -A  -r ??), as you did.

As there wouldn't be any sticky tag to files by default, hence normal 
update should work.

-Rohan

g murkumar wrote:
> Thanks Rohan
> Would it make send then to add 
> update -A in my .cvsrc file. 
> Since it would normally make sense to expect the cvs
> upadte command to freshen up the files in the
> directories with the latest revisions of the file
> ..right?
> I mean thats what cvs update is normally used for.
> Please advise.
> Thanks again
>
> --- Rohan Nandode <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > You would have to use -A flag while updating the
> > file.
> > the command would be
> > $cvs update -A uartsw.c
> >
> > The reason is, when you update with -r, a sticky tag
> > is attached to the 
> > file. you can see it in "cvs status " command.
> > The sticky tag information is stored in CVS/Entries
> > in the local 
> > checkout. So even it you delete the file the cvs
> > will update on the 
> > sticky tag version.
> >
> > -A option removes any sticky tag present and updates
> > with latest version.
> >
> > -Rohan
> >
> > g murkumar wrote:
> >
> > > Hello
> > > I am having cvs update a directory with the latest
> > > version of a certain file. 
> > > This is the sequence of event
> > > 1)I checkout out a old version of the file(i
> >
> > needed to
> >
> > > compile an old build)
> > > cvs update -r 1.1 uartsw.c
> > > this command worked fine, I got the r1.1 revision
> > > 2)I then wanted to revert back to the latest
> > > version(r1.4) of the file. So  I deleted the file
> > > uartsw.c and did cvs update
> > > The output was:
> > > $cvs update
> > > cvs update .
> > > cvs update: Updating .
> > > M demo.hex
> > > cvs update: warning: uartsw.c was lost
> > > U uartsw.c
> > >
> > > BUT to my suprise the CVS put back that OLD
> > > revision(r1.1) of the file that i checked out in
> >
> > step
> >
> > > '1' . I expected it to put revision r1.4 (the
> >
> > latest
> >
> > > revision)
> > > Accdg to the manual: 'cvs update',  updates the
> > > directory with the most recent commited
> >
> > revision(which
> >
> > > in my case is r1.4). But it didnt do that in my
> >
> > case
> >
> > > it put the old r1.1. Also just as a sidenote I
> > > remember doing 
> > > cvs checkout -r 1.1 uartsw.c 
> > > I mistakedly thought this was the way to retrieve
> >
> > an
> >
> > > old revision of a file. But then i saw the website
> >
> > and
> >
> > > did step 1(cvs update -r 1.1 uartsw.c) instead.
> >
> > Did my
> >
> > > cvs checkout command have anything to do with the
> > > problem?
> > > thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
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