Old /etc files back, or cvs error?

[Ben Kaduk]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:
>
> I guess I just don't understand.  Why did that file and so many others in
> /etc go backwards:
>
> 7.1-RELEASE had 1.3.6.1 2008/11/25
>
> Three months later:
>
> RELENG_7 (7.1-STABLE) has 1.3 2006/05/18
>
> Were those later versions (maybe just version strings) included in
> 7.1-RELEASE by mistake?  Were they tagged by mistake and this latest change
> is just fixing that error?

I think the 2008/11/25 date is from when RELENG_7_1 was branched --- the branch
took place after the file was created, so it looks newer, even though
the content is the same.

-Ben Kaduk