Re: Latest cvs 1.11.7/8 incompatible to prev. Versions

[Larry Jones]

Frank Hemer writes:
> 
> The 'cvs history' command failes if the client side uses cvs version > 1.11.7 
> and the server uses cvs version < 1.11.7
> Cause: The 'P' record type  is not known to the server, so it aborts.

Mea culpa, I forgot that history was brain-damaged.  I've checked in a
fix, here's a patch for anyone that wants it:

Index: history.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ccvs/src/history.c,v
retrieving revision 1.58.4.3
diff -u -r1.58.4.3 history.c
--- history.c   28 Aug 2003 04:21:26 -0000      1.58.4.3
+++ history.c   8 Oct 2003 19:11:41 -0000
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@
 static short report_count;
 
 static short extract;
+static short extract_all;
 static short v_checkout;
 static short modified;
 static short tag_report;
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@
                break;
            case 'e':
                report_count++;
-               extract++;
+               extract_all++;
                free (rec_types);
                rec_types = xstrdup (ALL_REC_TYPES);
                break;
@@ -585,6 +586,8 @@
            option_with_arg ("-t", since_tag);
        for (mod = user_list; mod < &user_list[user_count]; ++mod)
            option_with_arg ("-u", *mod);
+       if (extract_all)
+           send_arg("-e");
        if (extract)
            option_with_arg ("-x", rec_types);
        option_with_arg ("-z", tz_name);
@@ -608,7 +611,7 @@
            (void) strcat (rec_types, "T");
        }
     }
-    else if (extract)
+    else if (extract || extract_all)
     {
        if (user_list)
            user_sort++;

-Larry Jones

When you're SERIOUS about having fun, it's not much fun at all! -- Calvin