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: Re: pcl-cvs signaling obsolete dirs as "new-dir Need-Update" Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:51:49 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196045592 24135 80.91.229.12 (26 Nov 2007 02:53:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:53:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "Daniel Bonniot" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 26 03:53:18 2007 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 1IwU61-00075q-WA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:53:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IwU5n-0002Ly-4V for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:53:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IwU5i-0002LO-Gp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:52:58 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IwU5h-0002Kv-Oo for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:52:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IwU5h-0002Ks-M3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:52:57 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IwU5h-0004V5-Eu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:52:57 -0500 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (vpn-132-204-232-106.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.106]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lAQ2qtZH013753 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:52:55 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id AE774B42E5; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:51:49 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Daniel Bonniot's message of "Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:08:08 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: -2.5 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered BAYES_00=-2.5, HAS_X_HELO=0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:17064 Archived-At: > In version 22.1.1: when running cvs-examine, pcl-cvs reports > directories with only files in the Attic as "new-dir Need-Update". > This is wasn't the case in earlier versions (21?) and the new behavior > is very counter-productive. > This issue has already been discussed there (for 22.0.50): > http://www.gatago.org/gnu/emacs/help/9708831.html > It includes a patch, but it seems to be in the 22.1 base and the > problem is still there, and I actually don't see how it was related to > this behaviour. It includes more than a patch, it includes the solution: Yes, it's annoying, but it can be very useful if it really means what it says. To get rid of the warning, add the entry to the .cvsignore file (with a final /). The problem really is in CVS itself. Stefan