[cvsnt] BUG: Changed behaviour of unedit

Torsten Martinsen torsten at tiscali.dk
Mon Jan 30 19:37:18 GMT 2006


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Torsten Martinsen wrote:

> Scenario:
>
> 1) Create a new file
> 2) cvs add file
> 3) cvs unedit file
> 4) cvs commit
>
> With 2.0.58d, this works fine. With 2.5.02, the Entries line created 
> by "cvs add" of the form
>
>    /file/0/dummy timestamp//
>
> gets turned into
>
>    /file/*/dummy timestamp//
>
> by "cvs unedit". Any subsequent attempts to commit the file (even 
> after "cvs remove") fails with "Up-to-date check failed".
> Update, OTOH, fails with "file is modified but no longer in the 
> repository". 

Two questions:

1) Can anyone comment on the status of this issue?

2) Under which circumstances will CVS/Entries record the revision of a 
file as "*"?

-Torsten



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