[Insight-users] CVS update problem (very strange)

[Bing Jian]

Hi Luis,

   You are so great! cvs update -d -P -A works! It's amazing!
Thank you so much!

-- 
Best wishes,
Bing Jian
bjian at cise.ufl.edu


On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Luis Ibanez wrote:

>
> Hi Bing,
>
> You probably had a tagged checkout of ITK.
>
> This happens when you checkout or update
> using commands like
>
>
>     cvs update -r ITK-1-6
>
> or
>
>     cvs update -D "10/5/2003"
>
>
> In those cases you get a snapshot of the
> repository corresponding to that date or tag.
> In order to override the tag you can use the
> CVS option "-A"
>
>
> So, in general your update command should be
>
>        cvs update -d -P -A
>
> -d : creates new directories
> -P : delete empty directories
> -A : override sticky tags
>
>
> You may find detailed explanations on
> these issues on the CVS book
>
>     http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/
>
> You can read it online, in HTML,
> or download Postscripts for free.
> You can also get in paper from
> any technical bookstore.
>
>
> Please let us know if you have
> further questions,
>
>
>    Thanks
>
>
>     Luis
>
>
>
>
> -----------------
> Bing Jian wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >    Today I encountered a very strange problem regarding cvs.
> > One of my labmates is developing program based on my code
> > using ITK. Today he just got his ITK updated by using
> > 'cvs update -d -P' (his os is linux mandrake, cvs version 1.11.5)
> > then recompiled the program and found some errors due to
> > recent changes made on vnl_matrix from resize() to
> > set_size(), so he modified my program and let me know.
> >
> > After I checked out the version after his modification, I have to
> > refresh my ITK to let my program get passed on my machine (also
> > mandrake). But then the very strange thing happened. This time I CAN
> > NOT get the latest ITK version by using 'cvs update -d -P'. Running
> > of this cvs update command just said 'updating $directory' but not
> > showing any single file being changed. And it really did not change
> > anything to my local ITK copy. For example, those basic vnl files
> > are still put in /Utilities/vxl/vnl without change instead of
> > the new folder /Utilities/vxl/core/vnl. If I use 'cvs update -d',
> > it will create an empty core directory with no files but some
> > also empty subdirectories. That's very strange. Because I can
> > check out correctly at same time from my windows xp using TortoiseCVS
> > with same command 'cvs update -d -P'. And I rememebered that
> > I did update correctly sometime before maybe  at the end of last year
> > from same linux machine with same command. (my cvs version is 1.11.6)
> >
> >  I am wondering if anybody had same experience before. I dont
> > like to erase the whole thing and check out again.
> >
> >   Thanks in advance!
> >
> >
>
>
>
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