gnu/82484: [patch] for misleading man cvs

[Garrett Cooper]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Mark D. Baushke <mdb at gnu.org> wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR gnu/82484; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: "Mark D. Baushke" <mdb at gnu.org>
> To: "Julian Stacey" <jhs at berklix.org>
> Cc: "Garrett Cooper" <yanefbsd at gmail.com>, bug-cvs at nongnu.org,
>   bug-followup at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: gnu/82484: [patch] for misleading man cvs
> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:45:28 -0700
>
>  Hi Julian,
>
>  Julian Stacey <jhs at berklix.org> writes:
>
>  > Reference:
>  > > From:              "Garrett Cooper" <yanefbsd at gmail.com>
>  > > Date:              Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:51:54 -0700
>  > > Message-id:        <7d6fde3d0806201951j4f3a85e9r19d119433dff4867 at mail.gmail.com>
>  >
>  > "Garrett Cooper" wrote:
>  > > This should be filed as a documentation bug upstream to the CVS folks...
>  > > -Garrett
>  >
>  > OK Thanks, who should do that ?
>  > Does FreeBSD have cenral liason point to CVS project ?
>
>  Well, both deo at freebsd.org and I work for the same employer.
>  (This may or may not be considered a liason point. :-)
>
>  > Or should I make contact ? In case, I cc'd info-cvs at gnu.org
>
>  Email to bug-cvs at nongnu.org would be a place to ask about getting bug
>  fixes into CVS sources rather than info-cvs at gnu.org.
>
>  > I see /usr/src/contrib/cvs/BUGS -> cvs.texinfo
>  > /usr/src/contrib/cvs/doc/cvs.texinfo
>  >
>  > Ref.
>  > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=82484
>  > http://berklis.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/src/gen/contrib/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/cvs.1.REL=ALL.diff
>
>  Bug reports for CVS should be submitted via the web to:
>  https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=cvs
>
>  Note: I was unable to use the
>  http://berklis.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/src/gen/contrib/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/cvs.1.REL=ALL.diff
>  link.
>
>  I have updated the cvs 1.11.x documentation to try to clarify things.
>
>  Note: cvs 1.12.x is moving toward -r rev:date rather than -r rev -D date,
>  and CVS clients may use this notation if the servers are at 1.12.x.
>
>        Enjoy!
>        -- Mark

Mark and Julian,
     Thanks for your help -- I believe we can now mark this closed.
Cheers,
-Garrett