X11R6.8.2 build error
Alan Coopersmith
Alan.Coopersmith at Sun.COM
Mon May 30 10:24:36 PDT 2005
Eric Anholt wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 18:41 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>
>>Oh - you're building the 6.8.2 branch? I thought you were checking out
>>HEAD from CVS. I don't know how to make the older branches find the
>>file in the old location and the new branches find it in the new one.
>>Someone who knows CVS better than I do will have to advise on that.
>>
>>Until then, why not just use the tarball of 6.8.2 instead of checking it
>>out of CVS?
>
>
> Moving files in cvs should always be done by copying (not moving) the ,v
> file on the server into the new location, then cvs rming the old one (a
> forced commit at the new location to note the repocopy is also
> recommeneded). If it was moved on the server, then we should repocopy
> it back. If it was cvs adminned, then we should restore from backups.
>
Since I'm not well versed in CVS, I followed Daniel's advice and mv'ed
the ,v files on the server. Sorry if I screwed it up.
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