From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2092: 23.0.60; vc-svn-diff Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:42:52 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20090128063434.74C018FC6D@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <18825.30181.243954.921791@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 2092@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233778288 823 80.91.229.12 (4 Feb 2009 20:11:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 20:11:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2092@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Nick Roberts Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 04 21:12:41 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LUo6x-00006C-UO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:12:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55347 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LUo5d-0005as-J6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:11:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LUnyF-0002Qc-9w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:03:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LUnyB-0002Mc-Rh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:03:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44352 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LUnyB-0002MM-4A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:03:35 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:35362) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LUnyA-0001UO-AD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:03:34 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n14K3VMB024850; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:03:32 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n14Jo3OR021401; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:50:03 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:50:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 2092 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 2092-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B2092.123377657820051 (code B ref 2092); Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:50:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2092) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 4 Feb 2009 19:42:58 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca (chene.dit.umontreal.ca [132.204.246.20]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n14Jgsq2020045 for <2092@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 11:42:55 -0800 Original-Received: from alfajor.home (vpn-132-204-232-41.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.41]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n14JgrkW027140; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:42:53 -0500 Original-Received: by alfajor.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id CA682A22D8; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:42:52 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <18825.30181.243954.921791@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> (Nick Roberts's message of "Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:03:01 +1300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3204=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:03:38 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:24952 Archived-At: > OK, I've looked through the archives. I find it odd because: > 1) I think that svn should be able to work out whether it can handle a > request locally (a bug in svn?). Agreed. > 2) If you do "C-x v =" there is no problem. Yes, in that case OLDVERS is nil. > 3) I can only see a problem with "C-u C-x v =" with the default values which > is eqivalent to 2). Indeed. Basically, `svn diff foo' works locally, whereas `svn diff -r REV foo' never works locally, even if VERS is the current working revision (in which case the result should be identical to `svn diff foo'). It's arguably a misfeature of `svn'. > So it looks very much like a corner case. It is. > Anyway I've done as you say. Thank you. Stefan