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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:18:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: Dai Itasaka <ditasaka AT silverbacksystems DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: "cvs update" doesn't update
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On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Dai Itasaka wrote:

> I noticed that the cvs isn't working. To be precise, "cvs update" or
> "cvs checkout" doesn't update any older revisioned file. Say, I have
> a local copy of a file named "source.c" of Rev. 1.11. If I do
> "cvs log source.c", it shows the latest revision is now 1.16. But
> "cvs update" or "cvs co" doesn't replace the v1.11 file with v1.16.
>
> I had no problem updating files using the cygwin cvs as a client
> until I updated to the latest version(1.11.6-3) on last Friday
> along with a new Cygwin base(1.5.3-1). The Cygwin base was
> updated to 1.5.4-1 on Monday.

Do you have a sticky tag set on the file?  I.e., did you ever "cvs update
-r1.11 source.c"?  If so, try "cvs update -A" -- that should clear the
sticky tags.
	Igor
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