Re: The history of the Linux OS

Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:12:26 +0100 (CET)

On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Simon Kenyon wrote:
> On 23-Nov-98 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> say we have 1.1.1, 1.1.3, 1.1.4
> >> put them in cvs and all of a sudden 1.1.2 appears from some kindly soul
> >> can cvs/rcs/sccs (you choose) handle this?
> >
> > That's why we have tags. After checking in 2.1.129, you say
> >
> > cvs tag linus-2-1-129
> >
> > After that you can say
> >
> > cvs co linus-2-1-129
> >
> > to check out 2.1.129.
>
> i obviously didn't explain myself :-)
>
> i have 1.1.1
> i put it in rcs
> THEN i get 1.1.47
> so i put that in rcs
> NOW i get 1.1.x where 1 < x < 47
>
> how do i insert that inbetween 1.1.1 and 1.1.47?

That's exactly the way you do _not_ want to do it. CVS doesn't care about the
internal RCS version numbers. Yes, I made the same mistake some time ago.
If a file isn't changed in between Linux release 2.1.128 and 2.1.129, it will
have the same (internal) RCS version number in both releases.

CVS uses symbolic names (tags) to link the various RCS version numbers with a
global release name.

Greetings,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium




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