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Re: [PATCH] git-cvs*: Make building (and testing) of CVS interface scripts optionally selectable

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Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@gentoo.org>
Date
Jan 7, 2011, 22:55 UTC
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<robbat2-20110107T225413-429815896Z@orbis-terrarum.net>
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On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 04:01:48PM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> This explanation seems quite odd to me.  Are you saying we can't rely
> on the 'cvs' name being "taken" and should live in fear that someone
> will implement an incompatible utility with the same name?  Did that
> actually happen?

Not in the linked bug report, but it does explain a previous bug I had seen, where a user had a little script in /usr/local/bin that complained at him whenever he ran 'cvs', so he would learn to migrate away faster.

> I would find it easier to believe

I'm going to respin the patch with a new text, and one other improvement from Junio.

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  1. git-cvs*: Make building (and testing) of CVS interface scripts optionally selectableRobin H. Johnson, Jan 7, 2011
  2. Jonathan NiederJan 7, 2011
  3. Robin H. JohnsonJan 7, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 7, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 7, 2011
  6. Robin H. JohnsonJan 7, 2011

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