From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sam Steingold Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: cvs new-dir Need-Update Date: 23 Sep 2002 09:29:41 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <200209131650.g8DGoBI25650@arc.math.ohio-state.edu> <200209131757.g8DHv0q13875@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200209202049.g8KKnpW14131@rum.cs.yale.edu> Reply-To: sds@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1032788031 18298 127.0.0.1 (23 Sep 2002 13:33:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:33:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17tTLS-0004kz-00 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:33:50 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17tU1k-0000CJ-00 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 16:17:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17tTLU-0000ie-00; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:33:52 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17tTHy-0008SY-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:30:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17tTHu-0008S8-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:30:12 -0400 Original-Received: from h020.c001.snv.cp.net ([209.228.32.134] helo=c001.snv.cp.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.10) id 17tTHu-0008Rj-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:30:10 -0400 Original-Received: (cpmta 10349 invoked from network); 23 Sep 2002 06:30:07 -0700 Original-Received: from 65.114.186.226 (HELO glip.premonitia.com) by smtp.premonitia.com (209.228.32.134) with SMTP; 23 Sep 2002 06:30:07 -0700 X-Sent: 23 Sep 2002 13:30:07 GMT Original-Received: (from sds@localhost) by glip.premonitia.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g8NDTf801915; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:29:41 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: glip.premonitia.com: sds set sender to sds@gnu.org using -f Original-To: "Stefan Monnier" X-Attribution: Sam X-Disclaimer: You should not expect anyone to agree with me. Mail-Copies-To: never In-Reply-To: <200209202049.g8KKnpW14131@rum.cs.yale.edu> Original-Lines: 37 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:8120 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8120 > * In message <200209202049.g8KKnpW14131@rum.cs.yale.edu> > * On the subject of "Re: cvs new-dir Need-Update " > * Sent on Fri, 20 Sep 2002 16:49:51 -0400 > * Honorable "Stefan Monnier" writes: > > > > PS: In earlier versions of PCL-CVS those messages were not turned into > > > `Need-Update' but into mere informational messages. Such messages > > > are less annoying in your case, but `Need-Update' is the right > > > thing to do in the case of a true new directory. > > > The only solution I can think of is to make it a user-option, > > > which is rather a cop-out. > > > > CVS/Entries.Log contains the list of deleted directories. > > Maybe you could use it to filter out this junk altogether? > > Hmm... that would be awesome, but I can't find any such file here. > > work/emacs-1% echo **/CVS/Entries.* > zsh: no match > work/emacs-1% > > And CVS' info page indicates that Entries.Log is transient > and only used to deal with failure-during-update. ouch. maybe you could report this as a bug to the CVS maintainers? maybe you could even patch the cvs client to respect -P with -n? Emacs is a sufficiently important application for the CVS people to accommodate us. -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running RedHat7.3 GNU/Linux 186,000 Miles per Second. It's not just a good idea. IT'S THE LAW.