Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Fw: [Fwd: [BUG] revlib: old additions not hardlinked]

[Aaron Bentley]

James Blackwell wrote:
> > Actually, I'm thinking for each revision in the library, we can check
> > 1. Does $librev have a patchlog for $built?
> > 2. Does $built have a patchlog for $librev?
> > (No matter how many revisions you have, two stats per revision is pretty 
> > cheap).
>
>
> Make sense for me.
>
> What algorithm are you proposing for finding $librev? Going back in the
> same version, and if base-0 happens to be a tag, following it back? 

Well, if there isn't anything in the version, I figured I'd try every 
revision in the library.  That gets you a list of revisions you *could* 
use, and then you try and pick the best from those.

Aaron