Re: The history of the Linux OS
Neil Conway (nconway.list@ukaea.org.uk)
Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:52:43 +0000
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>
> 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.
The real problem doesn't really go away though. Unless I miss my guess
(and this is surely sliding OT rapidly) you will end up with a *much*
larger source-control database if you check revs in the wrong order ?
Neil
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/