[GRASS5] WARNING: CVS broken

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 01:10:07AM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> > These files are still there, and src/display/d.rgb/CVS/Tag contains:
> > 
> > 	Treleasebranch_11_april_2001_5_0_0
> > 
> > However, the most recent update adds the old version of d.rgb in
> > src/display/d.rgb/cmd, with src/display/d.rgb/cmd/CVS/Tag containing:
> > 
> > 	Nreleasebranch_11_april_2001_5_0_0
> > 
> > Note: "T" indicates a branch tag, "N" indicates a non-branch tag.
> > 
> > AFAICT, any other files which had been removed from the release branch
> > have re-appeared in the latest version.
> 
> I've just done a "cvs update" (having first backed-up my working
> directory) and examined the result. For all of the directories which
> have recently reappeared, CVS/Tag contains
> Nreleasebranch_11_april_2001_5_0_0, except those which have
> subdirectories, for which CVS/Tag contains
> Treleasebranch_11_april_2001_5_0_0.
> 
> AFAICT, this is consistent with someone adding a non-branch
> releasebranch_11_april_2001_5_0_0 tag to all of the files at the head. 
> Now, clearly CVS shouldn't have allowed this to happen, but it did,
> and I'm doubtful that it can actually be undone without restoring from
> a backup (which is problematic because people have been continuing to
> commit changes).
> 
> However, I'm currently executing
> 
> 	cvs tag -b releasebranch_14_august_2001_5_0_0
> 
> on what I think is a correct copy of the release branch, i.e. the one
> I had before the problem occurred, with the subsequent commits (listed
> in the ChangeLog) added.
> 
> If this works, people should be able to get a working copy of the
> release branch with:
> 
> 	cvs update -r releasebranch_14_august_2001_5_0_0

I just have ran a "find" on *yesterdays* CVS state (no update till now):

find . -name 'Entries' -exec grep Treleasebranch {} \; | wc -l
  13323


find . -name 'Entries' -exec grep Treleasebranch {} \; |grep -v Trelease
 -> nothing

find . -name 'Entries' -exec grep Nreleasebranch {} \; 
 -> nothing 

Actually I don't find the Nreleasebranch. Checking the d.rgb I see:
more src/display/d.rgb/CVS/Entries
/Gmakefile/1.1.2.1/Sun Apr 29 23:01:06 2001//Treleasebranch_11_april_2001_5_0_0
/main.c/1.1.2.2/Fri Jun  8 15:42:54 2001//Treleasebranch_11_april_2001_5_0_0
D/cmd////

Does this make sense? Again, the last update yesterday (monday).

Markus