[Mldonkey-users] important note about tagged/dated checkouts from CVS!

[Brett Dikeman]

As I just rudely discovered, if you check out based on date or tag, 
you CANNOT simply do another checkout or "update" to get to the 
latest overall version in the repository!  This one bit me on the ass 
when I did an update and discovered I was running a rather old 
release.

If I understand the man page correctly, when a new version comes out 
and you've previously done a checkout AND specified a date or tag, 
you -MUST- specify -A as per the cvs man page, if you want the latest 
overall version:

"Use  the  -A  option  to  reset  any  sticky tags, dates, or -k 
options.  (If you get a working file using one of the -r, -D, or -k 
options, cvs remembers the corresponding tag, date, or kflag and 
continues using it on future updates; use the -A  option  to make 
cvs forget these specifications, and retrieve the ``head'' version of 
the file).

Hope this helps folks...and if I've misinterpreted the man page, 
someone please speak up.

Brett
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