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Re: CVS 1.11.6: export bug in CVS on (LI/U)nix when CVSROOT env contains
From: |
Mark D. Baushke |
Subject: |
Re: CVS 1.11.6: export bug in CVS on (LI/U)nix when CVSROOT env contains trailing slash |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:12:11 -0700 |
Paul Edwards <kerravon@nosppaam.w3.to> writes:
> I don't know the solution to the problem,
I have not yet looked closely at this bug report... so, no comments
about that right now.
> but I am surprised that "-d" overrides the CVS/Root files.
See http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/current/cvs_2.html#SEC10
| The -d option and the `CVS/Root' file both override the $CVSROOT
| environment variable. If -d option differs from `CVS/Root', the former
| is used. Of course, for proper operation they should be two ways of
| referring to the same repository.
> As an end-user, I wouldn't expect it to make any difference how I
> specified my CVSROOT, I would expect the same behaviour.
The -d switch is very useful when the user has checked their sources out
of a cvs mirror and are now ready to do a final update and/or commit to
the master repository.
> I think the behaviour of "-d" is the one that is incorrect,
I believe that yours is a minority opinion in this case.
> overwriting the CVS/Root files.
s/overwriting/overriding/
The -d option does not over-write the CVS/Root file.
> Who's to say that I don't want to change my access method to
> a remote repository, but put that into the CVSROOT variable
> rather than specify "-d"?
cvs will ignore your $CVSROOT variable if it sees a CVS/Root
or a -d <root> command-line option, so that is 'who' in this case.
-d <root> will always override the CVS/Root or $CVSROOT values.
CVS/Root is a default if the command line is not specified.
$CVSROOT is a default if no other information is available.
The -d <root> has always overridden the CVSROOT environment variable
goin back at least as far as cvs 1.3. When I added CVS/Root, I put it
in the middle of the two as to precedence.
Enjoy!
-- Mark