Re: tag REL8_2_6 not present in file xyz

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> I'm generating a diff between 8.2.5 and 8.2.6 and I get this:

> $ cvs diff -r REL8_2_5 -r REL8_2_6 > /tmp/8.2.5-8.2.6.patch
> cvs diff: tag REL8_2_6 is not in file contrib/adminpack/README.adminpack
> cvs diff: tag REL8_2_6 is not in file contrib/btree_gist/README.btree_gist

> Hmm, if I try it on non-anonymous checkouts, the messages are not
> shown. Perhaps it is a problem with the mirroring script?

Apparently. They're definitely there in the master CVS, for instance
"cvs log" shows me for README.btree_gist:

symbolic names:
REL7_3_21: 1.1
REL7_4_19: 1.3
REL8_0_15: 1.5
REL8_1_11: 1.5
REL8_2_6: 1.5
REL8_3_BETA2: 1.5
REL8_3_BETA1: 1.5
REL7_3_20: 1.1
...

I noticed during one of the betas that it's still true that a "cvs tag"
operation doesn't propagate to the mirror at all (for instance, you
can't see the tags in cvsweb) until someone does a commit of another
type. Magnus or someone thought he'd fixed that, buut apparently not.

Hmm, now I see the "missing" tags for README.btree_gist on the anon
server too. Did someone just sync this up?

regards, tom lane