Hi Larry Et. Al., > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 August 2006 18:20 > To: CARTER-HITCHIN, David, GBM > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Exp state on top of dead > > > CARTER-HITCHIN, David, GBM writes: > > > > So the fix would be to manually resurrect it (by simply > moving it out of the > > Attic?) then re-running the "cvs remove" command, so that > it goes back into > > the Attic and gets status "dead" on the HEAD revision? > > If you just want to really kill it, there's no need to move it -- just > get a working copy (either check out that specific file or do > an update > with that file name in an existing working directory) then cvs remove > and commit it.
In this particular instance we wanted to kill it, so thanks for your suggestions. I checked out the specific version, removed the sticky version tag, rm'ed it and cvs removed it, and commited. It now shows 'dead' on head revision. Let's hope it stays that way. What worries me now is the possibility of there more files lurking out there which are in the same state so I'm trying to write a little script to identify them. Note that validate_repo did *not* flag this as a problem, even with -a switched on. If run with -v, I can see 'dead' whizz by well before 'Exp' later at HEAD, so it has the opportunity to catch this (author cc'd in case [s]he's interested/has time to build this check in). I thought about modifying validate_repo, but then thought it might be easier to write my own. The problem I have is that I can't seem to do a 'cvs log' without checking out the code. If this script gets run as the repository owner, on the cvs server machine, then I set the CVSROOT to :local:/path/to/repository and in theory I'm set (?) but 'cvs log module/file' complains that there is no module called 'module' 'here', even if i'm in the repository itself. Obviously I want to avoid checking out the entire codebase to check things. I could use a perl module to parse the raw RCS file, or write my own, but I'd prefer to rely on native CVS commands. Is there a way to achieve this? Many thanks, David Carter-Hitchin. -- Royal Bank of Scotland Interest Rate Derivatives IT 135 Bishopsgate LONDON EC2M 3TP Tel: +44 (0) 207 085 1088 *********************************************************************************** The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No 90312. Registered Office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to avoid the transmission of viruses, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments will not adversely affect its systems or data. No responsibility is accepted by The Royal Bank of Scotland plc in this regard and the recipient should carry out such virus and other checks as it considers appropriate. Visit our websites at: http://www.rbos.com http://www.rbsmarkets.com *********************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ info-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
