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Re: Newest code crashes Tcl/Tk
- From: Hans Ronne <hronne at comhem dot se>
- To: Eric McDonald <mcdonald at phy dot cmich dot edu>
- Cc: xconq7 at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:27:45 +0200
- Subject: Re: Newest code crashes Tcl/Tk
- References: <l03130301bd00b71c4c5f@[212.181.162.155]>
>> Right. But this makes no sense. CVS should use local time or possibly GMT
>> to date a checkin. The checkin date should not depend on who is checking
>> out the code. In fact, if this is what is going on, I would call it a bug
>> in CVS.
>Well, if it's a bug, then it is a very well-documented one. :-)
>From my CVS manpage:
>
>-D date_spec
> Use the most recent revision no later than date_spec (a single
> argument, date description specifying a date in the past). A
> wide variety of date formats are supported, in particular ISO
> ("1972-09-24 20:05") or Internet ("24 Sep 1972 20:05"). The
> date_spec is interpreted as being in the local timezone, unless
> a specific timezone is specified.
The key point is the meaning of the word "local". I always read it as local
to the CVS repository, not local to the remote user. The latter just does
not make sense, even if it is how CVS actually works.
Hans