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On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:52:46 +0200 |
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Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 20-04-2007 15:45:00 +0300, Petteri Räty wrote: |
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> > > I use it to make deltas of changes made in the tree, and apply |
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> > > those deltas on the overlay I'm using. Without $Header: $ there |
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> > > I have no way to actually see which version I'm dealing with, so |
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> > > which revisions to retrieve for differences. |
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> > > For that reason, I prefer as much files as possible in the tree |
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> > > to have a $Header: $ somewhere, so I can easily sync, keeping my |
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> > > local changes. |
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> > |
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> > Is the info you need in CVS/ ? |
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> That requires: |
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> a) an up-to-date CVS tree checkout |
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> b) a CVS tree (not a regular rsynced one) |
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> c) parsing of the CVS/Entries file |
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> So in principle, yes I think it can be done using the CVS directory, |
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> but I prefer not to. |
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+1 on this one. |
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I am writing some script to automate package building and use the |
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Header field to detect CVS revision changes. I know I could do it with |
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hash values, but then it would be harder to have builds from |
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different revisions of the same ebuild file time ordered. |
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Best, |
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Yuri. |
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