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See the Cederqvist manual (cvs.texinfo) for information on how to
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report bugs (and what will happen to your bug reports if you do).
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The following is a list of some of the known bugs. It may or may not
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be comprehensive. We would dearly love for people to volunteer to
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help us keep it up to date (for starters, if you notice any
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inaccuracies, please let bug-cvs know as described in the Cederqvist
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manual). There are some other reported bugs in MINOR-BUGS; the
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difference, at least in theory, is that those bugs are less serious.
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* For platform-specific information (in some cases including known
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bugs), see README.VMS, windows-NT/README, or os2/README. There is no
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similar file for the unix-like operating systems (not yet, at least).
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This file also might contain some platform-specific bugs.
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* If your login name contains a space or various other characters
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(particularly an issue on Windows), CVS will have trouble (it will
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write invalid RCS files, probably). The fix would be to have CVS
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change such characters to underscores before writing them to the RCS
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file. Furthermore, the LOGNAME or USER environment variables usually
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won't override the system login name, so this can be hard to work
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around.
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* If you specify the -w global option to client/server CVS, it only
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overrides a CVSREAD environment variable set on the client, not a
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CVSREAD variable which was set on the server (for example, in .bashrc
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when the server was run via rsh). The fix of course will be to
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provide a "Option-read-write" request which sends -w, in addition to
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"Global_option -r" which sends -r.
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* Symbolic links to files will not work with or without LockDir. In the
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repository, you should avoid using symbolic links to files since this issue
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can cause data loss. Symlinks are only a problem when writing files. If your
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repository does not allow any write access, symlinks are not a problem.
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* Symbolic links to directories will not work with LockDir. In the
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repository, you should avoid using symbolic links to directories if
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you intend to use LockDir as the correct directory will NOT be locked
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by CVS during write. Directory symlinks are not recommended, but should work
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as long as LockDir is not being used. Symlinks are only a problem when
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writing files. If your repository does not allow any write access, symlinks
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are never a problem, whether or not LockDir is in use.
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* "make remotecheck" sometimes fails on test 187a3 with
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cvs server: in directory .:
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cvs [server aborted]: *PANIC* administration files missing
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This does not happen every time. (-kingdon, Nov 96, Red Hat linux 3.0.3).
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* The -m option to "cvs add" does not work with client/server CVS.
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CVS will accept the option, but it won't actually set the
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file's description.
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* cvs update walks into a user's work directory if there's a directory
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of the same name in the repository even if the user's directory
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doesn't yet have a CVS admin sub-directory. This can greatly confuse
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users who try to add the same directory at nearly the same time.
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* From: "Charles M. Hannum" <mycroft@ai.mit.edu>
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To: info-cvs@prep.ai.mit.edu
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Subject: Still one more bug
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Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 17:01:15 -0500
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mycroft@duality [1]; cd /usr/src/lib/libc
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mycroft@duality [1]; cvs diff -C2 '-D1 day ago' -Dnow
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cvs server: Diffing .
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cvs server: Diffing DB
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cvs [server aborted]: could not chdir to DB: No such file or directory
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mycroft@duality [1];
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`DB' is an old directory, which no longer has files in it, and is
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removed automatically when I use the `-P' option to checkout.
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This error doesn't occur when run locally.
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P.S. Is anyone working on fixing these bugs?
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* From: Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
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To: Cyclic CVS Hackers <info-cvs@prep.ai.mit.edu>
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Subject: weird bug
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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 16:41:41 -0500
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X-Windows: Even your dog won't like it.
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I just noticed some droppings on my disk from what must be a pretty weird
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bug in remote CVS.
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In my home directory on a repository machine I use, I find:
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drwxr-xr-x 4 roland staff 512 Mar 7 14:08 cvs-serv28962
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drwxr-xr-x 4 roland staff 512 Mar 7 14:11 cvs-serv28978
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drwxr-xr-x 4 roland staff 512 Mar 7 15:13 cvs-serv29141
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OK, so these are leftover cruft from some cvs run that got aborted.
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Well, it should clean up after itself, but so what.
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The last one is pretty dull; the real weirdness is the contents of the
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first two directories.
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duality 77 # ls -RF cvs-serv28978/
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CVS/ cvs-serv28978/
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cvs-serv28978/CVS:
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Entries Repository
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978:
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arpa/
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa:
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CVS/ cvs-serv28978/
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/CVS:
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Entries Repository
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978:
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assert/
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert:
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CVS/ cvs-serv28978/
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/CVS:
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Entries Repository
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978:
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bare/
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare:
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CVS/ cvs-serv28978/
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare/CVS:
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Entries Repository
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare/cvs-serv28978:
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conf/
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare/cvs-serv28978/conf:
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CVS/ cvs-serv28978/
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare/cvs-serv28978/conf/CVS:
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Entries Repository
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare/cvs-serv28978/conf/cvs-serv28978:
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crypt/
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare/cvs-serv28978/conf/cvs-serv28978/crypt:
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CVS/ cvs-serv28978/
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare/cvs-serv28978/conf/cvs-serv28978/crypt/CVS:
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Entries Repository
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare/cvs-serv28978/conf/cvs-serv28978/crypt/cvs-serv28978:
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csu/
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare/cvs-serv28978/conf/cvs-serv28978/crypt/cvs-serv28978/csu:
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CVS/ cvs-serv28978/
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare/cvs-serv28978/conf/cvs-serv28978/crypt/cvs-serv28978/csu/CVS:
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Entries Repository
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare/cvs-serv28978/conf/cvs-serv28978/crypt/cvs-serv28978/csu/cvs-serv28978:
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ctype/
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare/cvs-serv28978/conf/cvs-serv28978/crypt/cvs-serv28978/csu/cvs-serv28978/ctype:
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CVS/ cvs-serv28978/
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[...]
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ls: cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare/cvs-serv28978/conf/cvs-serv28978/crypt/cvs-serv28978/csu/cvs-serv28978/ctype/cvs-serv28978/dirent/cvs-serv28978/elf/cvs-serv28978/gnu/cvs-serv28978/gnulib/cvs-serv28978/grp/cvs-serv28978/hurd/cvs-serv28978/hurd/hurd/cvs-serv28978/inet/cvs-serv28978/inet/arpa/cvs-serv28978/inet/netinet[...]/cvs-serv28978/posix/cvs-serv28978/posix/glob/cvs-serv28978/posix/gnu/cvs-serv28978/posix/sys/cvs-serv28978/protocols/cvs-serv28978/pwd/cvs-serv28978/resolv/cvs-serv28978/resolv/arpa/cvs-serv28978/resolv/sys/cvs-serv28978/resource/cvs-serv28978/resource/sys/cvs-serv28978/rpc/cvs-serv28978/setjmp/cvs-serv28978/signal/cvs-serv28978/signal/sys/cvs-serv28978/socket/cvs-serv28978/socket: File name too long
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cvs-serv28978/cvs-serv28978/arpa/cvs-serv28978/assert/cvs-serv28978/bare/cvs-serv28978/conf/cvs-serv28978/crypt/cvs-serv28978/csu/cvs-serv28978/ctype/cvs-serv28978/dirent/cvs-serv28978/elf/cvs-serv28978/gnu/cvs-serv28978/gnulib/cvs-serv28978/grp/cvs-serv28978/hurd/cvs-serv28978/hurd/hurd/cvs-serv28978/inet/cvs-serv28978/inet/arpa/cvs-serv28978/inet/netinet[...]/cvs-serv28978/posix/glob/cvs-serv28978/posix/gnu/cvs-serv28978/posix/sys/cvs-serv28978/protocols/cvs-serv28978/pwd/cvs-serv28978/resolv/cvs-serv28978/resolv/arpa/cvs-serv28978/resolv/sys/cvs-serv28978/resource/cvs-serv28978/resource/sys/cvs-serv28978/rpc/cvs-serv28978/setjmp/cvs-serv28978/signal/cvs-serv28978/signal/sys/cvs-serv28978/socket/cvs-serv28978:
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* From: Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
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To: Cyclic CVS Hackers <info-cvs@prep.ai.mit.edu>
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Subject: bizarre failure mode
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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 95 14:17:28 -0500
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This is pretty weird:
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CVS_SERVER='TMPDIR=. /usr/local/bin/cvs' ../cvs-build/src/cvs update -q
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cvs [server aborted]: could not get working directory: Result too large
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[Exit 1]
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asylum 29 % grep 'Result too large' /usr/include/sys/errno.h
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#define ERANGE 34 /* Result too large */
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Now, getcwd fails with ERANGE when the buffer is too small. But I don't
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know why that would be the case; I don't think there are exceptionally long
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directory names involved. It would be robust to notice ERANGE and use a
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bigger buffer. But I suspect something weirder is going on.
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The repository in question in duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu:/gd4/gnu/cvsroot/libc.
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Send me a PGP-signed message if you want the password to use the machine
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where the problem showed up.
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* CVS does not always seem to be waiting to the next filesystem timestamp
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quanta after commits. So far this has only shown up in testing under the BSDI
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OS. The symptoms are that ocassionally CVS will not notice that modified files
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are modified, though the file must be modified within a short time after the
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commit, probably milliseconds or seconds, for this symptom to be noticed. One
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suspected cause is that one of the calls to sleep_past() is being called with
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an incorrect value, though this does not explain why symptoms have only been
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noticed under BSDI.
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* Spaces in arguments to `cvs diff' are currently split on spaces and tabs
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before being passed to diff. This can often cause diff to abort since it can
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no longer interpret its options string and if it can, coincidentally,
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interpret its option string, then the problem may be output in unexpected
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formats.
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* `release' of a project subdir does not remove the `subdir' entry from
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`./CVS/Entries'.
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* The Windows Microsoft Visual C++ project files are out of date, but the
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project can still be built under Windows using `nmake'. See the INSTALL
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file for more.
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* Status
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/*-------.
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| Stable |
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`-------*/
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/*-------------------------.
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| Sane for full scale use. |
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`-------------------------*/
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