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Re: Confusion regarding gdb_5_1_1-2002-01-24-release tag


Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> writes:

|> > No doubt this question simply reflects my aversion to CVS, but here goes:
|> > a cvs log run on gdb/value.h shows that tag gdb_5_1_1-2002-01-24-release
|> > is defined as 1.21.  Revision 1.21 of gdb/value.h is dated 2001/05/21.
|> > Revision 1.26 is dated 2002/01/04.  This appears not to be the only
|> > example.  What gives?
|> > Thanks.
|> 
|> Looking at the branch/point tags:
|> 
|>          gdb_5_1-2001-07-29-branch: 1.20.0.4
|>          gdb_5_1-2001-07-29-branchpoint: 1.20
|> 
|>          gdb_5_1_1-2002-01-24-release: 1.20
|> 
|> GDB's releases are drawn from a branch.  After the branch was cut a number
|> of changes on the trunk were made but never on the branch.
|> 
|> See if you can find a tool for browsing CVS branches (tkcvs on
|> sourceforge?, others?).  It makes life a lot easier.

The viewcvs interface on savannah has a pretty nice feature: you can get
a graphical revision tree for a file.  Maybe this could be made available
on sourceware as well.

Andreas.

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