From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20431 invoked by alias); 10 Apr 2006 18:54:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 20423 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Apr 2006 18:54:15 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:54:13 +0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k3AIsALT015006; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:54:10 -0400 Received: from localhost.redhat.com (dhcp83-8.boston.redhat.com [172.16.83.8]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k3AIsAfL018765; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:54:10 -0400 Received: by localhost.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 469) id BBD251A4070; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:53:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Elena Zannoni MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17466.43406.495021.640065@localhost.redhat.com> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:54:00 -0000 To: Daniel Jacobowitz Cc: Elena Zannoni , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: RFC: Readline 5.1 import In-Reply-To: <20060410184010.GA30365@nevyn.them.org> References: <20060410180030.GA29115@nevyn.them.org> <17466.41960.90089.106620@localhost.redhat.com> <20060410184010.GA30365@nevyn.them.org> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-04/txt/msg00126.txt.bz2 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