bug#737: vc-dir reports unregistered-then-deleted file is "up-to-date"

[Glenn Morris]

Dan Nicolaescu wrote:

> Do you use a CVS server or a local repository? 

A server (namely the Emacs server).

> I saw you checked in something to do with that, and now the default
> behavior for vc-dir is inconsistent with PCL-CVS and tkcvs (and probably
> all other CVS GUIs): if a file needs merging it says "edited" instead of
> "needs-merging", if it needs updating it says nothing.

Those states are impossible (?) to determine without contacting the
server. Presumably such inaccuracies are the price people who use
stay-local are willing to accept.

It sounds like you want vc-dir to ignore vc-stay-local, which I would
suggest is something that needs documenting. Or introduce a
vc-dir-stay-local, default nil?

> IMHO such a change in the default behavior is bad during a feature
> freeze.

I'm only trying to fix bugs. In this case, #1046. If no-one comments,
I do what I think is right. Now you have commented, it can be fixed.