Update included popt to version 1.7

Max Bowsher maxb at ukf.net
Sun May 4 10:00:15 EST 2003


Jos Backus wrote:
> On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 12:35:28AM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote:
>> Jos Backus wrote:
>>> (Incidentally, this is one of those times I wish we were using something
>>> better than CVS, which in my opinion has poor support for vendor code
>>> maintenance.)
>>
>> CVS vendor branches aren't perfect, but they do the job well enough. Is
>> there some reason they aren't being used for rsync's popt?
>
> Not sure, but I guess we should.
>
> Fwiw, I see people on the FreeBSD lists complain all the time about
problems
> with taking files off the vendor branch in order to apply local changes.
I'm
> no expert but if these folks complain about the mechanism there must be
> something to it, methinks.

Files detach from the vendor branch automatically. There shouldn't be
anything to complain *about*. Can you point to a revelant post?


Max.



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