Re: $CVSROOT includes :local:

[Larry Jones]

Michael S. Tsirkin writes:
> 
> However, I see in practice that it *does* include the access method!
> Is this a bug in CVS or my mistake in useage?

It's a bug in CVS.  I've just checked in a fix for the stable branch.  A
simple workaround is to simply not use :local: -- it's almost never
needed.

Here's the patch for anyone who wants it:

Index: expand_path.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ccvs/src/expand_path.c,v
retrieving revision 1.21
retrieving revision 1.21.6.1
diff -u -r1.21 -r1.21.6.1
--- expand_path.c       9 Jan 2001 13:59:59 -0000       1.21
+++ expand_path.c       3 Dec 2003 19:22:01 -0000       1.21.6.1
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
     int line;
 {
     if (strcmp (name, CVSROOT_ENV) == 0)
-       return current_parsed_root->original;
+       return current_parsed_root->directory;
     else if (strcmp (name, "RCSBIN") == 0)
     {
        error (0, 0, "RCSBIN internal variable is no longer supported");

-Larry Jones

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