bug#737: vc-dir reports unregistered-then-deleted file is "up-to-date"

[Nick Roberts]

 > I saw you checked in something to do with that, and now the default
 > behavior for vc-dir is inconsistent with PCL-CVS and tkcvs (and probably
 > all other CVS GUIs): if a file needs merging it says "edited" instead of
 > "needs-merging", if it needs updating it says nothing.

Is vc-dir with PCL-CVS a fair comparison?  The latter only works with CVS
while the former works with many version control systems.

 > IMHO such a change in the default behavior is bad during a feature
 > freeze.

I think that it's more accurate to say that vc-dir replaces vc-directory.
In which case Glenn's patch doesn't change the default behavior but fixes
broken behavior.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob