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Re: cvs client: refetching unpatchable files
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Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: cvs client: refetching unpatchable files |
Date: |
Sat, 28 May 2005 19:19:34 -0400 (EDT) |
James Croxford writes:
>
> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
Please do not send MIME and/or HTML encrypted messages to the list.
Plain text only, PLEASE!
> The version of the CVS command we have is 1.11
That version is ancient -- the current stable release is 1.11.20! I
strongly suggest upgrading both the client(s) and the server (although
the server is most important): <http://www.cvshome.org/>. That may well
fix the problem.
> I need to understand why a patch would fail, or at least some of the
> possible reasons, and ideally would like to fix this so the patch works if
> at all possible.
The usual reason is that something has changed the file without changing
the timestamp.
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-Larry Jones
The living dead don't NEED to solve word problems. -- Calvin