pcl_cvs: no update after "add" operation

[Maciej Kalisiak <mac@dgp.toronto.edu>]

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In GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit)
 of 2003-10-31 on raven, modified by Debian
configured using `configure  i386-linux --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib
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 --without-toolkit-scroll-bars'
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  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

Short description: after a file is added to a repository using pcl-cvs, the
cvs buffer is not updated to show the new status of the added file (i.e., it
stays as "Unknown" instead of switching to "Added").  It seems pcl-cvs simply
thinks nothing happened, and this is not just a refresh bug, since subsequent
efforts to commit the file indicate that (pcl-cvs thinks) the file is not a
CVS-tracked file (it gives "`commit' is not applicable to any of the selected
files.")  A subsequent cvs-update gets the correct status of the file.

I have enquired about this earliear on gnu.emacs.help on 2003-03-05.  There
might be some other useful info in that thread.

Also note I do not have a .cvsrc file in ~/ or in the current directory.

"cvs --version" gives 1.11.5.  Linux/Debian(sid) system.  I've seen this
behaviour with other versions of CVS and OS.

Recipe:
- create a fresh CVS project, and check it out
- create a new file "foo.txt"
- do cvs-update on the project directory
- press "a" on the foo.txt line
- enter a description
- the file has now been added to the repo, but its status in the buffer has
  not been updated to "Added"

As Stefan Monnier suggested, here is *cvs* buffer:
,----
| Repository : :ext:mac@128.1.1.1:/homes/e/mac/cvsroot
| Module     : pclbugproj
| Working dir: ~/tasks/pcl_cvs_bug/pclbugproj/
|
|
|
|               Unknown                 bar.txt
|               Modified                foo.txt
|
| --------------------- End ---------------------
| -- last cmd: cvs -f add -m bar file bar.txt --
`----

and " *cvs-tmp*" buffer:
,----
| cvs server: use 'cvs commit' to add this file permanently
`----

A secondary bug is that in the cvs buffer, as seen above, the quotes around the
message get dropped in the "-- last cmd:"  line, but this is very minor.


Recent input:
[ cut; relevant keystrokes past end of those that were here.
  The addition was done with "a" key in the pcl-cvs buffer ]

Recent messages:
Running cvs add ...
CVS process has completed
Wrote /home/mac/tasks/pcl_cvs_bug/buffer_cvs
A buffer is visiting /home/mac/tasks/pcl_cvs_bug/buffer_cvs-tmp; proceed?
Wrote /home/mac/tasks/pcl_cvs_bug/buffer_cvs-tmp
cvs-cmd-do: ~/tasks/pcl_cvs_bug/ does not contain CVS controlled files
(No files need saving)
Running cvs update ...
CVS process has completed
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