'vc-next-action' shows incorrect result, but 'vc-print-log' shows correct result.

'vc-next-action' shows incorrect result, but 'vc-print-log' shows correct result.

[ChristopherMBalz]

Under Gnu Emacs 21.3.1 on WinXP SP2 with cvs, the 'vc-next-action'
command results in a message that a file is up-to-date, when that file
is in fact not up-to-date.  But 'vc-print-log' shows the correct log
(the comments entered with the changes, etc) file from cvs.  There's no
findable documentation on how to troubleshoot or avoid this situation
(assuming it's not a bug).

Any ideas?  

Thanks in advance.

Re: 'vc-next-action' shows incorrect result, but 'vc-print-log' shows correct result.

[Kevin Rodgers]

ChristopherMBalz@StanfordAlumni.org wrote:
 > Under Gnu Emacs 21.3.1 on WinXP SP2 with cvs, the 'vc-next-action'
 > command results in a message that a file is up-to-date, when that file
 > is in fact not up-to-date.  But 'vc-print-log' shows the correct log
 > (the comments entered with the changes, etc) file from cvs.  There's no
 > findable documentation on how to troubleshoot or avoid this situation
 > (assuming it's not a bug).

Perhaps you need to tweak this variable:

,----[ C-h v vc-cvs-stay-local RET ]
| vc-cvs-stay-local's value is t
|
| Documentation:
| *Non-nil means use local operations when possible for remote repositories.
| This avoids slow queries over the network and instead uses heuristics
| and past information to determine the current status of a file.
| The value can also be a regular expression to match against the host name
| of a repository; then VC only stays local for hosts that match it.
|
| You can customize this variable.
|
| Defined in `vc-cvs'.
`----

-- 
Kevin Rodgers