From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: vc-dired doesn't contact server (was Re: Adding 2006. + VC/PCL-CVS) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:34:30 +1300 Message-ID: <17395.47750.373082.471305@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1140055795 1082 80.91.229.2 (16 Feb 2006 02:09:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:09:55 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 16 03:09:54 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F9Yab-0006J3-U6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:09:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F9Yab-0002I1-7U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:09:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F9WBa-0003Bf-Cp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:35:51 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1F9WBV-00037f-8j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:35:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F9WBU-00036G-Ik for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:35:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F9WGU-0000qx-ET for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:40:54 -0500 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (p202-124-114-231.snap.net.nz [202.124.114.231]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47C217411B1 for ; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:35:35 +1300 (NZDT) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id 36A488887; Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:34:31 +1300 (NZDT) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.61 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:50593 Archived-At: Following Stefan's point: > Probably vc-directory does something similar to cvs-quickdir (i.e. it > doesn't contact the repository). I tried vc-directory on a file that I had changed: nickrob/24 cvs status ChangeLog Enter passphrase for key '/home/nickrob/.ssh/id_rsa': =================================================================== File: ChangeLog Status: Needs Merge Working revision: 1.9144 Repository revision: 1.9146 /sources/emacs/emacs/lisp/ChangeLog,v Sticky Tag: (none) Sticky Date: (none) Sticky Options: (none) and got: /home/nickrob/emacs/lisp: -rw-r--r-- (modified) Feb 16 08:58 ChangeLog but had expected: /home/nickrob/emacs/lisp: -rw-r--r-- (merge) Feb 16 08:58 ChangeLog vc-cvs-repository-hostname gave "cvs.savannah.gnu.org" for that directory and I was connected to the internet at the time, but I know it wasn't contacted because I wasn't prompted for a password. Is there a variable that makes vc contact the server? -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob