Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 277501
cvs diff -r BASE -r HEAD complains about deleted files
Last modified: 2015-02-01 17:47:51 EST
Description of problem: When I do a cvs diff -r BASE -r HEAD (to see what has changed between the version of a CVS repository I have checked out, and the most recent revision), cvs prints the warning message cvs diff: no revision in file [file name] or missing file [file name] for every file that has been deleted in the history of the repository, even if the file exists in neither BASE nor HEAD. The same thing happens for any other pair of tags both of which do not apply to a file. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): cvs-1.11.22-6.fc5 How reproducible: Entirely Steps to Reproduce: 1. Do cvs diff -pu -r BASE -r HEAD in a checkout of a repository which has deleted files. 2. Observe what cvs prints on its standard error. Actual results: "No revision in file" messages for every file deleted in the history of the repository. Expected results: Silence about files that exist in neither BASE nor HEAD. Additional info: This problem seems to be local to Fedora's version of cvs, and to have been introduced by the fix to bug 18161 (cvs-1.11.21-diff.patch in the srpm).
Hi, I'm not sure this is good idea. User should know that there are differences between the most recent version and the local version. Jirka
In the example I gave, there are no differences between the most recent version and the local version. In both cases, the file does not exist: it has been removed earlier in the history of the repository.
I'm sorry, I didn't get it. You're right, that cvs should be quiet in this case, it's quite confusing. I'm going to talk with upstream about the mentioned patch. Jirka
Fixed in rawhide