[Python-Dev] RELEASED: Python 2.2.1 (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh@python.net
11 Apr 2002 15:09:48 +0100

Neal Norwitz <neal@metaslash.com> writes:

Guido van Rossum wrote: > > > I really think CVS should be fixed. It's not really a case of moving > > a tag, it's more a case of adding files to a tag. > > No, you should be able to recreate the tarball by using the tag. Too > bad that you can't exactly recreate the binaries -- a binary is what > it is, and rarely duplicatable 100%. > > > [0] and WTF does cvs not pick up new directories by default? How is > > that a good idea? > > Who knows. For years, I've got this in my .profile: > > alias sup='cvs -z3 -q update -d -P' > > It's the -d -P part that does it.

Or add a .cvsrc file to your home directory: update -dP

Hmm. It seems that

up -dP

in your .cvsrc doesn't do what you might think...

Cheers, M.

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