Re: Noisy CVS updates - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Noisy CVS updates
Date
Msg-id 8691.1220773179@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Noisy CVS updates  ("D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>)
Responses Re: Noisy CVS updates  ("D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>)
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"D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net> writes:
> When I build from CVS I wind up with this in my CVS update email in the
> morning:

> ? GNUmakefile
> ? config.log
> ? config.status
> ? src/Makefile.global
> ? src/backend/postgres
> ? src/backend/bootstrap/bootstrap_tokens.h
> ? src/backend/catalog/postgres.bki
> ? src/backend/catalog/postgres.description
> ? src/backend/catalog/postgres.shdescription
> ? src/backend/parser/parse.h
> ? src/backend/snowball/snowball_create.sql

> ...etc.  Would it be OK if I went in and added .cvsignore files to keep
> the noise level down?

Uh, no, at least not before you've explained why you get those messages
and others don't.

(Personally, I never do "cvs update" without "make distclean" first;
there are too many other ways to get screwed by updating a live build
tree.)
        regards, tom lane


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