Re: RFC: Readline 5.1 import

[Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@redhat.com>]

Daniel Jacobowitz writes:
 > On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 02:28:56PM -0400, Elena Zannoni wrote:
 > > Pls, make sure you do an import, not just a merge.  I don't remember
 > > the detailed procedure, and I don't have my notes here, but the import
 > > was first done on a branch and various tags were used:
 > > 
 > > readline-pre-43-import 
 > > readline_4_3-import-branch
 > > readline_4_3-import-branchpoint 
 > > readline_4_3
 > 
 > I guess you mean using "cvs import" and vendor branches.
 > 

Yes.

 > I can do that, but I'd appreciate any advice; I've never managed to get
 > cvs imports to behave properly, and I don't have my head wrapped around
 > how it's supposed to work.  What's the advantage over just correcting
 > HEAD?
 > 

It's a cleaner process, and you can keep track of your local patches
on top of the original imported version. I can send you notes later
tonight on how to do it, I don't have them with me at work.
Here is what I did for the last import, but it doesn't help much.
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2002-08/msg00317.html