Hi Larry,
Either cvs status -v call71 or more /export/cvs/build/emailor/call71,v I can find TEST_BRANCH. One problem I found is the working machine build(free BSD) cannot directly read file on cvs server machine pm2(Solaris). and RCS files are on pm2. What do you think? How to verify whether a RCS file is in the branch?
Thanks
-James
build@build:~/log/build/emailor > cvs st -v call71
===================================================================
File: call71 Status: Up-to-date
Working revision: 1.1
Repository revision: 1.1 /export/cvs/build/emailor/call71,v
Sticky Tag: TEST_BRANCH (branch: 1.1.2)
Sticky Date: (none)
Sticky Options: (none)
Existing Tags:
TEST_BRANCH (branch: 1.1.2)
Rel-1-0-01010814_year_end (revision: 1.1)
Rel-1-0-00120618 (revision: 1.1)
Rel-1-0-00111612 (revision: 1.1)
build@build:~/log/build/emailor > more /export/cvs/build/emailor/call71,v
/export/cvs/build/emailor/call71,v: No such file or directory
build@pm2:/export/cvs/build/emailor > more call71,v
head 1.1;
access;
symbols
TEST_BRANCH:1.1.0.2
Rel-1-0-01010814_year_end:1.1
Rel-1-0-00120618:1.1
Rel-1-0-00111612:1.1;
locks; strict;
comment @# @;
1.1
date 2000.11.15.02.46.00; author alin; state Exp;
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Subject: Re: can not lock a branch.
Li, James writes:
>
> I do have TEST_BRANCH, but still can not figure out why cvs server cannot
> modify RCS file.
Not in those files, you don't -- CVS is telling you that it isn't there:
> RCS file: /export/cvs/build/emailor/call71,v
> cvs server: /export/cvs/build/emailor/call71,v: branch TEST_BRANCH absent
It might be useful to see what ``cvs status -v'' has to say about one of
these files. Since CVS can't find the branch, there's nothing to lock
and thus CVS doesn't modify the RCS file. Like I said, the message is
misleading; CVS could have modified the file if it wanted to, it just
didn't want to. (I've checked in a change to clarify the message.)
-Larry Jones
OK, there IS a middle ground, but it's for sissy weasels. -- Calvin
