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Re: gdb_7_3-branch not buildable?
- From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- To: Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>
- Cc: Jim Meyering <jim at meyering dot net>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:38:34 -0400
- Subject: Re: gdb_7_3-branch not buildable?
- References: <878vvbkv3r.fsf@rho.meyering.net> <m2oc467i9t.fsf@igel.home>
> git-cvsimport can easily be confused by a branch that is created from a
> point back in time. That's a fundamental restriction of cvsps, because
> it only tells you about the revision of files that changed on the
> branch, but you never know the revision of the files that are unchanged.
> To fix that you have to manually reset the branch to the true
> branchpoint. See <git://repo.or.cz/src> for a more precise rendition of
> the src repository.
How about we just delete the 7.3 branch, and recreated from
the current sources? The fact that I made a mistake on the date
as well as the fact that back-dated branchpoints confuse git
are two arguments in favor of starting over...
--
Joel