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diff --git a/contrib/cvs/ChangeLog b/contrib/cvs/ChangeLog index af4807f..6ff5bd1 100644 --- a/contrib/cvs/ChangeLog +++ b/contrib/cvs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,500 @@ +15 Jan 1998 W. L. Estes <wlestes@hamlet.uncg.edu> + and Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * cvs.spec, Makefile.in: Fix some problems with the spec file + distributed with cvs. RPM chokes on a build root of slash, so + that is gone now. CVS is relocatable (as far as I know) so I + added a prefix tag. The source location was incorrect and in + fixing that I had to add a `g' flag to one of the sed commands in + the Makefile.in so the spec file gets generated correctly. + +13 Jan 1998 Jim Kingdon + + * cvsnt.mak: Add lib/fncase.c. Plus of course the usual + "because Visual C++ feels like it" changes. + +Tue Jan 13 16:49:38 1998 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com> + + * acconfig.h (USE_SETMODE_STDOUT): Add undef line. + (HAVE_SETMODE): Likewise. + * configure.in: If cygwin32, define USE_SETMODE_STDOUT and + HAVE_SETMODE. + * configure, config.h.in: Regenerate. + + * acconfig.h (UTIME_EXPECTS_WRITABLE): Add undef line. + * configure.in: If cygwin32, define UTIME_EXPECTS_WRITABLE. + * configure, config.h.in: Regenerate. + + * configure.in: Add test for cygwin32, and set LIBOBJS and LIBS + accordingly. + * configure: Regenerate. + +Sun Jan 11 11:43:55 1998 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * HACKING: Add example of indentation for switch statement. I + always have to look this one up, and it seems worthwhile to + specify it here rather than be unsure which switch statement in + CVS to use as an example. + +Wed Jan 7 09:41:08 1998 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO: Revise item 149 (concerning changing CVS/Root and such). + "This whole area is a rather bad pile of individual decisions which + accumulated over time, some of them probably bad decisions with + hindsight." + +Wed Dec 31 09:25:20 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * FAQ: Re-import from FAQ-O-Matic. Features a change regarding + removing directories. + +Tue Dec 23 08:28:44 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * README.VMS, INSTALL, HACKING, BUGS, README: Change bug-cvs + address from prep.ai.mit.edu to gnu.org per email from Martin + Hamilton. When referring to bug-reporting procedure refer to + Cederqvist not README. + +Tue Dec 16 13:13:53 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * FAQ: Re-import from FAQ-O-Matic. The content is the same, but + instead of being from Mosaic, it is from "lynx -dump -nolist". + This output is somewhat better (for example, it is formatted for + 80 columns or so, rather than Mosaic which is rather + inconsistent), and also lynx is free and still maintained whereas + NCSA Mosaic is proprietary and no longer maintained. + + * FAQ: Re-import from FAQ-O-Matic. Features an update to the + Sablime question. + + * NEWS: Add item about GSSAPI. + +Fri Dec 12 14:00:57 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com> + + * configure.in: Add --with-gssapi option, and look for gssapi.h + and GSSAPI Kerberos v5 libraries. + * acconfig.h: Add HAVE_GSSAPI. + * configure, config.h.in: Regenerate. + +Thu Dec 11 15:58:06 1997 Eric Mumpower <nocturne@cygnus.com> + + * configure.in: Let --with-krb4 override the system Kerberos + header files and libraries, if any. + * configure: Regenerate. + +Thu Dec 4 20:01:02 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * configure.in (AC_CHECK_FUNCS): Remove mempcpy per change to + src/rcs.c. + * configure: Regenerated (never was regenerated after getwd change). + +1997-12-04 Jim Meyering <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov> + + * configure.in (AC_CHECK_FUNCS): Add mempcpy. + +Thu Dec 4 10:42:32 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * BUGS: Update for kfogel .cvswrappers fix. + +Tue Dec 2 22:14:03 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * MINOR-BUGS: Update per info-cvs mail from Steve Cameron. + +1997-11-29 Jim Kingdon + + * cvsnt.mak: Remove lib/getwd.c (see lib/ChangeLog for rationale). + + * cvsnt.mak: The usual "because Developer Studio feels like + it" changes. + +Sat Nov 29 22:10:32 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * configure.in (AC_REPLACE_FUNCS): Remove getwd (see lib/ChangeLog + for rationale). + +Mon Nov 24 10:36:39 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * INSTALL: Update QNX information per email from Michael Hunter of + QNX. + +Wed Nov 19 17:44:21 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * INSTALL: Add Sequent entry per bug-cvs report. + +1997-11-17 Karl Fogel <kfogel@floss.red-bean.com> + + * BUGS: Remove item about exporting binary files to non-unix + clients; this is fixed. + +Mon Nov 17 09:07:44 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * BUGS: Add yet another binary files problem. + +1997-11-14 Karl Fogel <kfogel@floss.red-bean.com> + + * cvsnt.mak: updated for diff/ subdir. + +Fri Nov 14 12:25:10 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * BUGS: Remove item about dying gasps message. At least one known + cause has been fixed. + +Wed Nov 12 20:24:49 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * FAQ: Re-import from FAQ-O-Matic. Features a wording fix to + "What do I do first? How do I create a Repository?" and a + formatting fix (makes it clear which bullets are under what) + to "What is a module?" + + * NEWS: Add item about RCS library. Remove item about RCSBIN in + CVSROOT/config. + * INSTALL: Simplify instructions to reflect the fact that one need + not any longer install RCS and GNU diff. + * PROJECTS: Remove item about RCS library; it is done. + +Mon, 10 Nov 1997 Jim Kingdon + + * cvsnt.dsp: For diff/diff.c, also look for include files in + diff directory. This means we get diff/system.h not lib/system.h. + +Sun Nov 9 16:16:56 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO (#195): New item, about rsync and such issues. + +Thu Nov 6 14:29:14 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO (#194): New item, about separated metadata. + + * TODO (#186): Rewrite paragraph on CVSclusters to be clearer + about what this can do and why I think it is a cool idea. + +Sun Nov 2 19:34:30 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * DEVEL-CVS: Wording fix: want to specify that new developers are + granted checkin access and the ability to send to devel-cvs, not + specify whether this is implemented via an "account" (whatever + that is) (editorial change, not run by devel-cvs). + +Fri Oct 31 16:30:57 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * NEWS: Mention admin -o rev1::rev2. + +Wed Oct 29 08:40:05 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO: Add item 193, about alternatives to timestamps in CVS/Entries. + +Tue Oct 28 19:59:48 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO (190): "rcs failed" message is no longer affected by global + -q option. + +1997-10-28 Jim Kingdon + + * .cvsignore: Add Visual C++ files du jour, namely + {diff,vc50}.{pdb,idb,pch}. + + * cvsnt.dsp: Add files for diff library. The custom build + stuff for diff/version.c and diff/diff.c was to deal with + there also being a src/version.c and src/diff.c. There + might be an easier way. + +Mon Oct 27 11:21:15 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * FAQ: Re-import from FAQ-O-Matic. Features an edit from Larry + Jones regarding CVS on Windows. + +Mon Oct 20 15:23:17 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * BUGS: Add item about spaces in login names. + +Mon Oct 20 10:25:42 1997 Hannes R. Boehm <hannes@boehm.org> + + * INSTALL (Tested platforms): Add Red Hat Linux 4.2. + +Wed Oct 15 10:55:20 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO (#192): Also mention issue with opening connections to new + servers if CVSROOT changes. + + * TODO (#191): Add thoughts on external difference programs. + +1997-10-11 Noel Cragg <noel@swish.red-bean.com> + + * BUGS: remove note about the `-d' flag bug that was just fixed. + + * TODO: new item 192. + +Thu Oct 9 12:59:28 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO: Revise item #182 to be clearer and to point to the + unofficial patch. + +Thu Sep 25 14:48:26 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * build.com: Also recurse into diff directory. + +Wed Sep 24 10:35:50 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * configure.in: Don't check for system-supplied regex matcher; see + comment for rationale. + * configure: Regenerated. + +Tue Sep 23 16:00:25 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * BUGS: Add item about cvs add and -k wrappers. + +Mon Sep 22 11:21:11 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO: Revise item #191 in response to xdelta 1.10 release and a + few other random thoughts. + +Sun Sep 21 17:56:28 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * configure.in: Instead of checking for memchr, just define + HAVE_MEMCHR and HAVE_STRCHR. + Add comment about AC_FUNC_VFORK and vfork in general. + * acconfig.h: Add HAVE_MEMCHR and HAVE_STRCHR. + * configure, config.h.in: Regenerated. + + * config.h.in: Regenerate using autoheader from autoconf 2.10. + +Sat Sep 20 01:17:10 1997 Tim Pierce <twp@twp.tezcat.com> + + [notes: (1) includes the patches to config.h.in which he sent + (presumably generated), (2) I have omitted a change, which was + sent without a ChangeLog entry, to change re_exec to + re_compile_pattern in configure.in, (3) Also adds diff/Makefile in + AC_OUTPUT -kingdon] + + * Makefile.in (USOURCE_SUBDIRS, check, remotecheck, installcheck): + Add diff. + + Note that AC_CHECK_FUNCS(vfork) + has been replaced by AC_FUNC_VFORK... libdiff wants the more + specific test, and it seems unlikely to break CVS. + + * configure.in: Add AC_FUNC_CLOSEDIR_VOID, AC_FUNC_VFORK, + AC_STRUCT_ST_BLKSIZE. + (AC_CHECK_HEADERS): Add limits.h and sys/file.h. + (AC_REPLACE_FUNCS): Add memchr. + (AC_CHECK_FUNCS): Remove vfork. + +Fri Sep 19 09:59:33 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO: Add item #191, concerning how to store binary files. + +Wed Sep 17 16:13:49 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TESTS: Add ideas about ability to pass spaces in arguments, and + stdin, to the program under test, as something to consider for the + different test frameworks. + +Tue Sep 16 00:14:55 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * BUGS: Add item about importing binary files. + + * TODO: Adjust item #150 to reflect the fact that the client is + not quite so mean about tossing the log message as it was. + +Fri Sep 12 13:04:31 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * INSTALL: Update Windows entries per email from Greg Strockbine + <gstrock@dpc.com>. + +Thu Sep 11 15:03:21 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO: New item #190, about meaning of -q and -Q global options. + +Wed Sep 10 18:48:41 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO: A few more thoughts on "cvs message" (item 150). + +Tue Sep 9 22:20:15 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * README.VMS (Notes regarding compiling on VAX/VMS): Add item + about mode_t and pid_t. + +Sun Sep 7 17:34:03 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * FAQ: Re-import from FAQ-O-Matic. The metavariables are back. + + * FAQ: Re-import from FAQ-O-Matic. Features comment from + julian@whistle about update -r branch:date. It also clobbered the + metavariables (confusion about "<" as data vs. HTML tag I would + guess), which I plan on fixing in a moment. + + * configure.in: Add comment about re_exec and regexp syntax. + + * configure.in (AC_REPLACE_FUNCS): Remove strdup; CVS was long + ago converted to use its own routine xstrdup. + * configure: Regenerated. + +Sat Sep 6 00:08:20 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * FAQ: Re-import from FAQ-O-Matic. In particular: GIC info + updated, binary files updated (e.g. -kb not -ko), rename database + and rCVS info updated (refer to TODO), tweaks to section on + contributing (HACKING, DEVEL-CVS, &c), Cyclic info updated + (e.g. remove Indiana address), usenet info updated + (e.g. comp.software.config-mgmt not gnu.*). + +Fri Sep 5 20:46:26 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * FAQ: Add another introductory paragraph which talks about out of + date material from 1995 FAQ. + + * FAQ: Re-import from FAQ-O-Matic. This was mainly as a proof of + concept that I could edit the Cygnus question and have the diffs + come out looking right (which worked), but I also discovered that + the previous checkin was truncated partway through. + + * FAQ: Replace file with an introductory paragraph plus a + downloaded copy of Molli's FAQ-O-Matic. I believe the content + closely matches the 1995 Grubbs FAQ but because everything is + re-ordered it would be painstaking work to verify this. + +Thu Sep 4 17:33:53 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * BUGS: Add item about -w global option and client/server. + +Wed Sep 3 23:03:34 1997 Noel Cragg <noel@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO: Verbosify verbiage in item #189. + +Wed Sep 3 14:14:54 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO: Add item #189, concerning renames. + +Sat Aug 30 03:26:57 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO: Fix typo in Noel's change. + +Sat Aug 30 03:17:36 1997 Noel Cragg <noel@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO: Add a header so emacs chooses the correct editing mode. + Made several entries more verbose (expanded some of the less + well-known acronyms and/or added pointers to further + documentation). + +Wed Aug 20 09:51:52 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * INSTALL: Remove "SparcClassing" typo that has been there for + a while. + +Wed Aug 20 09:51:52 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + and Loren James Rittle <rittle@comm.mot.com> + + * INSTALL: Update information for SunOS4, Solaris, Digital Unix, + and HPUX. + +Fri Aug 15 16:42:12 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * INSTALL: Remove the "CVS 1.6" crud; it really isn't needed. Add + paragraph about the meaning of the last three arguments to cvs + import. + +Thu Aug 14 14:42:53 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + and Loren James Rittle <rittle@comm.mot.com> + + * INSTALL: Update information for SunOS4 and Solaris. + +Mon Aug 4 00:02:24 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * BUGS: Be specific about wrappers not working client/server. + +Sat Aug 2 09:23:50 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * INSTALL: In step 4, be more generic (the CVS sources are just an + example, and people might not have them handy). + +Fri Jul 25 17:02:30 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * INSTALL: Refer to cvs.texinfo as the Cederqvist manual; that + seems to be the description which best applies no matter how it + was obtained. Be a little more explicit about the "$" prompt + convention and setting environment variables. Use double quotes + because they work on both DOS and Unix. + +Thu Jul 24 12:22:49 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * NEWS: Also mention SystemAuth. + + * INSTALL (MIPS): Add more detailed report concerning Irix 6.2, + as reported by larry.jones@sdrc.com (Larry Jones). + +Tue Jul 22 17:35:31 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * INSTALL (PowerPC): Add item for Lynx 2.5. + +21 Jul 1997 Jim Kingdon + + * Makefile.in (DISTFILES): Add cvsnt.dsp. + +Mon Jul 21 09:40:10 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * configure.in: Adjust comment regarding version of autoconf which + introduced --bindir. + +Fri Jul 18 09:47:12 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO: Remove item 161 (the comments in cvs.texinfo have a much + more complete discussion of date format issues). In item 30, + change "patch" to "rdiff" and expand discussion slightly. Remove + item 64 (the performance issues in initial checkout have probably + changed quite a bit since that was written and in any event it + isn't particularly useful without specifics of what is slow and + ideas for speeding it up). + + * INSTALL: Reorganize to separate out building/installing CVS + executables from what to do once you have them. Adjust Visual C++ + instructions to deal with Visual C++ 5.x. Add brief mentions of + platforms other than unix and Windows. + +Thu Jul 17 21:13:16 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO: In item 39, talk about how PRCS 1.2 as a possible model. + +Sat Jul 12 15:43:01 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * HACKING: Rewrite paragraph on arbitrary limits to reflect the + fact that the known arbitrary limits are gone. + +8 Jul 1997 Jim Kingdon + + * cvsnt.dsp: Turn on browse information. + +Thu Jul 3 10:07:01 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * INSTALL: Sending exact suggested text is almost as good as a diff. + + * INSTALL (i386 family): Add lines about Watcom and EMX on OS/2. + + * TODO: Add notes about popt and option parsing in general. + +Wed Jul 2 13:11:03 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * TODO: Update item 149 to reflect CVS/Root. + + * TODO: Add item 187, about usage errors vs. help messages. + +Mon Jun 23 18:24:13 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * NEWS: Adjust mention of read-only access in the light of + changes to cvs.texinfo. + + * TODO: Add item 186, concerning multisite. + +Sun, 22 Jun 1997 Jim Kingdon + + * cvsnt.dsp: New file. This apparently is what Visual C++ 5.0 + uses in lieu of a .mak file (or so it seems). + * .cvsignore: Add cvsnt.opt cvsnt.dsw cvsnt.plg. These seem to + be the generated files du jour for Visual C++ 5.0. + +Thu Jun 19 17:16:39 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> + + * NEWS: Add item about CVSROOT/config. + Wed Jun 18 00:00:02 1997 Jim Kingdon <kingdon@harvey.cyclic.com> * NEWS: Mention pserver --allow-root. |
