6 * A new log option -n reverts the -N option which may be in a .cvsrc
9 * The `cvs blame' command is now a synonym for the `cvs annotate' command.
11 * The :extssh: method will use $CVS_SSH if set, or fall back on "ssh"
12 by default (but may be explicitly set using the --with-ssh flag to
15 * There is a new IgnoreUnknownConfigKeys option available for
16 CVSROOT/config to aid in the transition to newer versions of CVS.
20 * Merges of file removals using -j options are a little smarter.
22 * `cvs add' checks more thoroughly for `CVS' directories in the argument list.
24 * `cvs server' now accepts `--allow-root=PATH' options.
26 * `cvs import' no longer attempts to send CVS metadata to the server.
28 * `cvs import' makes more of an effort not to import paths containing files
29 and directories named `CVS'.
31 * The CVS server will no longer allow clients to run `cvs init'.
33 * Applying diffs when checking out very old revisions has been reduced from an
34 O(n^2) operation to an O(n) thanks to a patch from Michael J. Smith
35 <msmith@ideorlando.org> and additional touch-up work from the CVS team.
37 * Thanks to report from Paul Eggert <eggert@CS.UCLA.EDU>, an assertion failure
38 that could occur when "." was in the path (e.g. `cvs co /cvsroot/./module')
41 * Thanks to a report from Peter Toft <pto@linuxbog.dk>, CVS server now sends
42 correct patch files more often when the RCS `Name' keyword is present in
43 a working file (bug #17302).
45 * Thanks to a report from Dan Peterson <dbpete@aol.com>, clients now send the
46 right set of commands to the server when asked to update directories with
47 trailing slashes on their name.
49 * Thanks to a report and patch from <mbarabas@redhat.com>, potential stack
50 corruption during pserver login is avoided (bug #16961).
52 * The :extssh: method is now properly recognized as an alias for :ext:.
56 * We've standardized on Autoconf version 2.61 to get a bug fix that notes
57 that the AIX C compiler's default mode isn't quite C89 and sets the
60 * We've standardized on Autoconf version 1.10 because it lets us simplify our
63 Changes from 1.11.21 to 1.11.22:
64 ********************************
68 * The CVS client again correctly reports files with conflicts when using
69 servers running CVS 1.11.20/1.12.12, or earlier (and maybe 3rd party
72 * The GSSAPI server should now build under HP-UX.
74 * `cvs rtag' now correctly tags files that have been removed from the trunk.
76 * Code efficiency has been improved slightly.
78 * A rare race condition that could leave a lock on the val-tags file has been
81 * A potential buffer overflow in the history command has been fixed.
83 * Thanks to a report and patch from Garrett Rooney <grooney@collab.net>, paused
84 trigger processes no longer cause the CVS server to consume 100% CPU.
86 * Thanks to a suggestion from Joseph P. Skudlarek <Jskud@Jskud.com>, an
87 :extssh: has been added as a synonym of the :ext: access method, as a
88 kindness to users of old version of Eclipse.
90 * Misc documentation updates and minor bug fixes.
92 Changes from 1.11.20 to 1.11.21:
93 ********************************
97 * Thanks to Serguei E. Leontiev <lse@CryptoPro.ru>, CVS with Kerberos 5 GSSAPI
98 should automatically link on FreeBSD 5.x. (bug #14639).
100 * Thanks to Rahul Bhargava <rahul@wandisco.com>, heavily loaded systems
101 suffering from a disk crash or power failure will not lose data they claimed
104 * CVS server now handles conflict markers in Entry requests as documented.
106 * CVS now remembers that binary file merge conflicts occurred until the
107 timestamp of the updated binary file changes.
109 * CVS client now saves some bandwidth by not sending the contents of files
110 with conflicts to the server when it isn't needed.
112 * CVS now does correct locking during import.
114 * A problem where the server could block indefinitely waiting for an EOF from
115 the client when compression was enabled has been fixed.
117 * `cvs diff' no longer splits its arguments on spaces.
119 * Thanks to an old report and patch from Stewart Brodie <stewart@eh.org>, a
120 potential crash in response to a corrupt RCS file has been fixed.
122 * CVS now locks the history and val-tags files before writing to them.
123 Especially with large repositories, users should no longer see new warnings
124 about corrupt history records when using the `cvs history' command. Existing
125 corrupt history records will still need to be removed manually. val-tags
126 corruption should have had less obvious effects, but removing the
127 CVSROOT/val-tags file and allowing a 1.11.21 or later version of CVS to
128 regenerate it may eliminate a few odd behaviors and possibly cause a slight
129 speed up of read transactions in large repositories over time.
133 * The RPM spec file works again with the most modern versions of `rpm'.
137 * We've standardized on Automake 1.9.6 to get some at new features that make
138 our jobs easier. See the HACKING file for more on using the autotools with
141 Changes from 1.11.19 to 1.11.20:
142 ********************************
144 SERVER SECURITY FIXES
146 * Thanks to a report from Alen Zukich <alen.zukich@klocwork.com>, several minor
147 security issues have been addressed. One was a buffer overflow that is
148 potentially serious but which may not be exploitable, assigned CAN-2005-0753
149 by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project
150 <http://www.cve.mitre.org>. Other fixes resulting from Alen's report include
151 repair of an arbitrary free with no known exploit and several plugged memory
152 leaks and potentially freed NULL pointers which may have been exploitable for
153 a denial of service attack.
155 * Thanks to a report from Craig Monson <craig@malachiarts.com>, minor
156 potential vulnerabilities in the contributed Perl scripts have been fixed.
157 The confirmed vulnerability could allow the execution of arbitrary code on
158 the CVS server, but only if a user already had commit access and if one of
159 the contrib scripts was installed improperly, a condition which should have
160 been quickly visible to any administrator. The complete description of the
161 problem is here: <https://ccvs.cvshome.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=224>. If
162 you were making use of any of the contributed trigger scripts on a CVS
163 server, you should probably still replace them with the new versions, to be
166 Unfortunately, our fix is incomplete. Taint-checking has been enabled in all
167 the contributed Perl scripts intended to be run as trigger scripts, but no
168 attempt has been made to ensure that they still run in taint mode. You will
169 most likely have to tweak the scripts in some way to make them run. Please
170 send any patches you find necessary back to <bug-cvs@nongnu.org> so that we
171 may again ship fully enabled scripts in the future.
173 You should also make sure that any home-grown Perl scripts that you might
174 have installed as CVS triggers also have taint-checking enabled. This can be
175 done by adding `-T' on the scripts' #! lines. Please try running
176 `perldoc perlsec' if you would like more information on general Perl security
181 * Thanks to a report and a patch from Georg Scwharz <georg.scwarz@freenet.de>
182 CVS now builds without error on IRIX 5.3
186 * We've standardized on Automake 1.9.5 to get some at new features that make
187 our jobs easier. See the HACKING file for more on using the autotools with
190 Changes from 1.11.18 to 1.11.19:
191 ********************************
195 * Thanks to a patch from Jim Hyslop <jhyslop@ieee.org>, issuing
196 'cvs watch on' or 'cvs watch off' in an empty directory no longer
197 clears any watchers in that directory.
199 * An intermittant assertion failure in checkout has been fixed.
201 * Thanks to a report from Chris Bohn <cbohn@rrinc.com>, all the source files
202 needed for the Windows "red file" fix are actually included in the
205 * Misc bug and documentation fixes.
207 Changes from 1.11.17 to 1.11.18:
208 ********************************
212 * Thanks to a report from Gottfried Ganssauge <gotti@cvshome.org>, CVS no
213 longer exits when it encounters links pointing to paths containing more
216 * Thanks to a report from Dan Peterson <dbpete@aol.com>, error messages from
217 GSSAPI servers are no longer truncated.
219 * Thanks to a report from Dan Peterson <dbpete@aol.com>, attempts to resurrect
220 a file on the trunk that was added on a branch no longer causes an assertion
223 * Thanks to a report from Dan Peterson <dbpete@aol.com>, imports to branches
224 like "1.1." no longer create corrupt RCS archives.
226 * Thanks to a report from Chris Bohn <cbohn@rrinc.com>, links from J.C. Hamlin
227 <jchamlin@ibsys.com>, and code posted by Jonathan Gilligan, we think we have
228 finally corrected the Windows "red-file" (daylight savings time) bug once and
231 * Thanks to a patch from Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, the
232 log_accum.pl script should no longer elicit warnings from Perl 5.8.5.
234 * The r* commands (rlog, rls, etc.) can once again handle requests to run
235 against the entire repository (e.g. `cvs rlog .'). Thanks go to Dan Peterson
236 <dbpete@aol.com> for the report.
238 * A problem where the attempted access of files via tags beginning with spaces
239 could cause the CVS server to hang has been fixed. This was a particular
240 problem with WinCVS clients because users would sometimes accidentally
241 include spaces in tags pasted into a dialog box. This fix also altered some
242 of the error messages generated by the use of invalid tags. Thanks go to Dan
243 Peterson <dbpete@aol.com> for the report.
245 * Thanks to James E Wilson <wilson@specifixinc.com> for a bug fix to
246 modules processing "gcc-core -a !gcc/f gcc" will no longer exclude
247 gcc/fortran by mistake.
249 * Thanks to Conrad Pino <conrad@pino.com>, the Windows build works once again.
251 * Misc updates to the manual.
255 * We've standardized on Automake 1.9.3 to get some at new features that make
256 our jobs easier. See the note below on the Autoconf upgrade for more
259 * We've standardized on Autoconf version 2.59 to get presumed bug fixes and
260 features, but nothing specific. Mostly, once we decide to upgrade one of the
261 autotools we just figure it'll save time later to grab the most current
262 versions of the others too. See the HACKING file for more on using the
265 Changes from 1.11.16 to 1.11.17:
266 ********************************
268 SERVER SECURITY FIXES
270 * Thanks to Stefan Esser & Sebastian Krahmer, several potential security
271 problems have been fixed. The ones which were considered dangerous enough
272 to catalogue were assigned issue numbers CAN-2004-0416, CAN-2004-0417, &
273 CAN-2004-0418 by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project. Please
274 see <http://www.cve.mitre.org> for more information.
276 * A potential buffer overflow vulnerability in the server has been fixed.
277 This addresses the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project's issue
278 #CAN-2004-0414. Please see <http://www.cve.mitre.org> for more information.
280 Changes from 1.11.15 to 1.11.16:
281 ********************************
283 SERVER SECURITY FIXES
285 * A potential buffer overflow vulnerability in the server has been fixed.
286 Prior to this patch, a malicious client could potentially use carefully
287 crafted server requests to run arbitrary programs on the CVS server machine.
288 This addresses the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project's issue
289 #CAN-2004-0396. Please see <http://www.cve.mitre.org> for more information.
293 * The Microsoft Visual C++ workspace and project files have been repaired and
294 regenerated with MSVC++ 6.0.
296 * The cvs.1 man page is now generated automatically from a section of the CVS
299 * Thanks to a report from Mark Andrews at the Internet Systems Consortium, the
300 :ext: connection method no longer relies on a transparent transport that uses
301 an argument processor that can handle arbitrary ordering of options and other
302 arguments when using a username other than the caller's.
304 * Thanks to Ken Raeburn at MIT, directory deletion, whether via `cvs release'
305 or empty directory pruning, now works on network shares under Windows XP.
307 Changes from 1.11.14 to 1.11.15:
308 ********************************
310 SERVER SECURITY ISSUES
312 * Piped checkouts of paths above $CVSROOT no longer work. Previously, clients
313 could have requested the contents of RCS archive files anywhere on a CVS
314 server. This addresses CVE issue CAN-2004-0405. Please see
315 <http://www.cve.mitre.org> for more information.
317 CLIENT SECURITY ISSUES
319 * Clients now check paths from the server to verify that they are within one of
320 the sandboxes the user requested be updated. Previously, a trojan server
321 could have written or overwritten files anywhere the user had access,
322 presenting a serious security risk. This addresses CVE issue CAN-2004-1080.
323 Please see <http://www.cve.mitre.org> for more information.
327 * Method options (used by WinCVS & CVS 1.12.7+) in CVSROOTs are ignored.
329 * Configure no longer checks the $TMPDIR, $TMP, & $TEMP variables to set the
330 default temporary directory.
332 * CVS on Cygwin correctly handles X:\ style paths.
334 * Import now uses backslash rather than slash on Windows when checking for
335 "CVS" directories to ignore in import commands.
337 * Relative paths containing up-references (`..') should now work in
338 client/server mode (client fix).
340 * A race condition between the ordering of messages from CVS and messages from
341 called scripts in client/server mode has been removed (server fix).
343 * Resurrected files now get their modes and timestamps set correctly and a
344 longstanding bug involving resurrection of an uncommitted removal has been
347 * Some resurrection (cvs add) status messages have changed slightly.
349 * `cvs release' now works with Kerberos or GSSAPI encryption enabled (server
352 * File resurrection from a previously existing revision no longer just reports
353 that it works (server fix).
355 * Misc error & status message corrections.
357 * Diffing of locally added files against arbitrary revisions in an RCS archive
358 is now allowed when a file of the same name exists or used to exist on some
361 * Misc documentation fixes.
363 Changes from 1.11.13 to 1.11.14:
364 ********************************
368 * Imports will now always ignore directories and files named `CVS' to avoid
369 violating assumptions made by other parts of CVS.
371 * A problem with `cvs release' of subdirs that could corrupt CVS/Entries files
372 has been fixed (client/server).
374 * The CVS server's protocol check for unused data from the client is no longer
375 called automatically at program exit in order to avoid potential recursive
376 calls to error when the first close is due to memory allocation or similar
377 problems that cause calls to error() to fail. The check is still made when
378 the server program exits normally.
380 * The spec file has been updated to work with more recent versions of RPM.
382 * Several memory leaks have been plugged (client/server).
386 * Misc cosmetic, readability, and commenting fixes.
388 Changes from 1.11.12 to 1.11.13:
389 ********************************
393 * Several memory leaks have been plugged.
395 * Thanks to Ville Skyttä the man page has a few less spelling errors and is
396 slightly more accurate.
398 * An unlikely potential segfault when using the :fork: connection method has
401 * The CVS server has had the protocol check for unused data from the client
404 * A fix has been included that should avoid a very rare race condition that
405 could cause a CVS server to exit with a "broken pipe" message.
407 * A minor problem with the nmake build file that was preventing the source from
408 compiling under Windows has been fixed.
410 * Tests have been added to the test suite.
414 * Misc cosmetic, readability, and commenting fixes.
416 Changes from 1.11.11 to 1.11.12:
417 ********************************
421 * Infinite alias loops in the modules file are now checked for and avoided.
423 * Clients on case insensitive systems now preserve the case of directories in
424 CVS/Entries, in addition to files, for use in communications with the CVS
427 * Some previously untested behavior is now being tested.
429 * Server support for case insensitive clients has been removed in favor of the
430 server relying on the client to preserve the case of checked out files, as
431 per the CVS client/server protocol spec. This is not as drastic as it may
432 sound, as all of the current tests still pass without modification when run
433 from a case insensitive client to a case sensitive server. This change
434 disables little previous functionality, enables access to more of the
435 possible namespace to users on systems with case insensitive file systems,
436 fixes a few bugs, and in the end this should provide a major stability
439 * Thanks to Ville Skyttä the man page is a bit more accurate.
441 * Thanks to Ville Skyttä some unused variables were removed from the log_accum
442 Perl script in contrib.
444 * Thanks to Alexey Mahotkin, a bug that prevented CVS from being compiled with
445 Kerberos 4 authentication enabled has been fixed.
447 * A minor bug that caused CVS to fail to report an inifinte alias loop in the
448 modules file when portions of the alias definition contained trailing slashes
451 * A bug in the gzip code that could cause heap corruption and segfaults in CVS
452 servers talking to clients less than 1.8 and some modern third-party CVS
453 clients has been fixed.
455 * mktemp.sh is now included with the source distribution so that the rcs2log
456 and cvsbug executables may be run on systems which do not contain an
457 implementation of mktemp.
459 * Misc documentation fixes.
461 Changes from 1.11.10 to 1.11.11:
462 ********************************
464 SERVER SECURITY ISSUES
466 * pserver can no longer be configured to run as root via the
467 $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd file, so if your passwd file is compromised, it no
468 longer leads directly to a root hack. Attempts to root will also be logged
471 Changes from 1.11.9 to 1.11.10:
472 *******************************
474 SERVER SECURITY ISSUES
476 * Malformed module requests could cause the CVS server to attempt to create
477 directories and possibly files at the root of the filesystem holding the CVS
478 repository. Filesystem permissions usually prevent the creation of these
479 misplaced directories, but nevertheless, the CVS server now rejects the
484 * Case insensitive clients using a case sensitive server can now use a
485 `cvs rm -f file; cvs add FILE' command sequence to add a file with the same
488 * CVSROOTs which contain a symlink to a real repository should work.
490 * The configure script now tests whether it is building CVS on a case
491 insensitive file system. If it is, CVS assumes that all file systems on this
492 platform will be case insensitive. This is useful for getting the case
493 insensitivity flag set correctly when compiling on Mac OS X and under Cygwin
494 on Windows. Autodetection can be overridden using the
495 --disable-case-sensitivity and --enable-case-sensitivity arguments to
498 * A behavior change in `cvs up -jrev1 -jrev2' for modified files with a base
499 revision of rev2 (ie, checked-out version matches rev2 and file has been
500 modified). The operation is no longer ignored and instead is passed to
501 diff3. This will potentially re-apply the diffs between the two revisions to
502 a modified local file. Status messages like from a standard merge have also
503 been added when the file would not or does not change due to this merge
504 request ("[file] already contains the changes between [revisions]...").
506 * A bug which could stop `cvs admin -mTAG:message' from recursing has been
509 * Misc documentation cleanup and fixes.
511 * Some of the contrib scripts, some of the documentation, and sanity.sh were
512 modified to use and recommend more portable commands rather than using and
513 recommending commands which were not compatible with the POSIX 1003.1-2001
518 * A new set of tests to test issues specific to case insensitive clients and
519 servers has also been added.
521 * Support has been added to the test suite to support testing over a :ext: link
522 to another machine, subject to some stringent requirements. This support can
523 be used, for instance, to test the operation of a case insensitive client
524 against a case sensitive server. Please see the comments in TEST and the
525 src/sanity.sh test script itself for more.
527 * We've standardized on Automake 1.7.9 to get a bug fix. See the note below
528 on the Autoconf upgrade for more details.
530 * We've standardized on Autoconf version 2.58 to avoid a bug and get at a few
531 new macros. Again, this should only really affect developers, though it is
532 possible that CVS will now compile on a few new platforms. Please see the
533 section of the INSTALL file about using the autotools if you are compiling
536 Changes from 1.11.8 to 1.11.9:
538 * CVS now knows how to report, as well as record, `P' record types.
540 * When running the `cvs history' command, clients will now send the
541 long-accepted `-e' option, for all records, rather than explicitly requesting
542 `P' record types, a request which servers prior to 1.11.7 will reject with a
545 * A problem with locating files requested by case insensitive clients which was
546 accidentally introduced in 1.11.6 as part of a fix for a data loss problem
547 involving `cvs add's from case insensitive clients has been fixed. The
548 relevant error message was `cvs [<command> aborted]: filE,v is ambiguous;
549 could mean FILE,v or file,v'.
551 * Attempts to use the global `-l' option, removed from both client and server
552 as of version 1.11.6, will now elicit a warning rather than a fatal error
555 Changes from 1.11.7 to 1.11.8:
557 * A problem in the CVS getpass library that could cause passwords to echo on
558 some systems has been fixed.
560 Changes from 1.11.6 to 1.11.7:
562 * A segfault that could occur in very rare cases where the stat of a file
563 failed during a diff has been fixed.
565 * Any user with write privleges to the CVSROOT/checkoutlist file could pass
566 arbitrary format strings directly through to a printf function. This was
567 probably bad and has been fixed. White space at the beginning of error strings
568 in checkoutlist is now ignored properly.
570 * In client/server mode, most messages from CVS now contain the actual
571 command name rather than the generic "server".
573 * A long-standing bug that prevented most client/server updates from being
574 logged in the history file has been fixed.
576 * Updates done via a patch ("P" status) are now logged in the history file
577 by default and the corresponding "P" history record type is now documented.
578 If you're setting the LogHistory option in your CVSROOT/config file, you may
579 want to add "P" to the list of record types.
581 * CVS now will always compile and its own getpass() function (originally from
582 GNULIB) in favor of any system one that may exist. This avoids some problems
583 with long passwords on some systems and updates us to POSIX.2 compliance, since
584 getpass() was removed from the POSIX.2 specification.
586 * A bug that allowed a write lock to be created in a directory despite
587 there being existing read locks when using LockDir in CVSROOT/config has
590 * A bug with short patches (`rdiff -s') which caused rdiff to sometimes report
591 differences that did not exist has been fixed.
593 * Some minor corrections were made to the diff code to keep diff & rdiff from
594 printing diff headers with empty change texts when two files have different
595 revision numbers but the same content.
597 * The global '-l' option, which suppressed history logging, has been removed
598 from both client and server.
600 Changes from 1.11.5 to 1.11.6:
602 * A warning message is now issued if an administrative file contains
603 more than one DEFAULT entry.
605 * An error running a verifymsg script (such as referencing an unset user
606 variable or the script not existing) now causes the verification to
609 * Errors in administrative files commands (like unset user variables)
610 are no longer reported unless the command is actually executed.
612 * When a file is initially checked out, its last access time is now set
613 to the current time rather than being set to the time the file was last
614 checked in like the modification time is.
616 * The Checkin.prog and Update.prog functionality has been removed. This
617 fuctionality previously allowed executables to be specified in the modules file
618 to be run at update and checkin time, but users could edit these files on a per
619 workspace basis, creating a security hole.
621 * contrib/rcs2log and src/cvsbug now use the BSD mktemp program to create
622 their temp files and directories on systems which provide it.
624 * Corrected the path in a failed write error message.
626 * Autoconf and Automake are no longer run automatically unless you run
627 configure with --enable-maintainer-mode. Accordingly, noautomake.sh is
628 no longer needed and has been removed.
630 * We've standardized on Automake version 1.7.5 and Autoconf version 2.57 to get
631 at a few new macros. Again, this should only really affect developers. See
632 the section of the INSTALL file about using the autotools if you are compiling
635 Changes from 1.11.4 to 1.11.5:
637 * Fixed a security hole in the CVS server by which users with read only access
638 could gain write access. This issue does not affect client builds. The
639 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the
640 name CAN-2003-0015 to this issue. See
641 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0015> for more
644 * Fixed some bugs where revision numbers starting with 0 (like 0.3)
645 weren't correctly handled. (CVS doesn't normally use such revision
646 numbers, but users may be able to force it to do so and old RCS files
649 Changes from 1.11.3 to 1.11.4:
651 * Some minor changes to allow the code to compile on Windows platforms.
653 Changes from 1.11.2 to 1.11.3:
655 * The tag/rtag code has been fixed to once again lock just a single
658 * There was a bug where certain error conditions could cause the server
659 to go into an infinite loop. There was also a bug that caused a
660 compressed connection from an older client to hang on shutdown. These
661 bugs have been fixed.
663 * Fixed a bug that caused the server to reject most watch commands.
665 * When waiting for another user's lock, the message timestamps are now
666 in UTC rather than the server's local time.
668 * The options.h file is no longer used. This fixes a bug that occurred when
669 1.11.2 was compiled on Windows platforms.
671 * We've standardized on Automake version 1.6.3 and Autoconf version 2.53.
672 They are cleaner, less bug prone, and will hopfully allow me to start updating
673 sanity.sh to use Autotest and Autoshell. Again, this should only really affect
674 developers. See the section of the INSTALL file about using the autotools if
675 you are compiling CVS yourself.
677 * Fixed a bug in the log/rlog code when a revision range crosses a
680 * Fixed a bug where filenames starting with - would be misinterpreted as
681 options when using client/server mode.
683 Changes from 1.11.1p1 to 1.11.2:
685 * There is a new feature, enabled by RereadLogAfterVerify in CVSROOT/config,
686 which tells CVS to reread the log message after running the verifymsg
687 script. This allows the verifymsg script to reformat or otherwise
688 modify the log message.
690 * The interpretation of revision ranges using :: in "log" and "rlog"
691 has changed: a::b now excludes the log message from revision a but
692 includes the log message from revision b. Also, revision ranges that
693 cross branch points should now work.
695 * zlib has been updated to version 1.4. There is a security advisory
696 out in regards to 1.3. This should fix that problem.
698 * The "log" and "rlog" commands now have a -S option to suppress the
699 header information when no revisions are selected.
701 * A serious error that allowed read-only users to tag files has been
704 * The "annotate" command will no longer annotate binary files unless
705 you specify the new -F option.
707 * The "tag" and "rtag" commands will no longer move or delete branch
708 tags unless you use the new -B option. (This prevents accidental
709 changes to branch tags that are hard to undo.)
711 * We've standardized on the 1.5 Automake release for the moment. Again, this
712 should only really affect developers. See the section of the INSTALL file
713 about using the autotools if you are compiling CVS yourself.
715 Changes from 1.11.1 to 1.11.1p1:
717 * Read only access was broken - now fixed.
719 Changes from 1.11 to 1.11.1:
721 * There was a locking bug in the tag/rtag code that could lose changes
722 made to a file while the tag operation was in progress. This has been
723 fixed, but all of the directories being tagged are now locked for the
724 entire duration of the tag operation rather than only one directory at a
727 * The "cvs diff" command now accepts the -y/--side=by-side and -T/
728 --initial-tab options. (To use these options with a remote repository,
729 both the client and the server must support them.)
731 * The expansion of the loginfo format string has changed slightly.
732 Previously, the expansion was surrounded by single quotes ('); if a file
733 name contained a single quote character, the string would not be parsed
734 as a single entity by the Unix shell (and it would not be possible to
735 parse it unambiguously). Now the expansion is surrounded by double
736 quotes (") and any embedded dollar signs ($), backticks (`), backslashes
737 (\), and double quotes are preceded by a backslash. This is parsed as a
738 single entity by the shell reguardless of content. This change should
739 not be noticable unless you're not using a Unix shell or you have
740 embedded the format string inside a double quoted string.
742 * There was a bug in the diff code which sometimes caused conflicts to
743 be flagged which shouldn't have been. This has been fixed.
745 * New "cvs rlog" and "cvs rannotate" commands have been added to get log
746 messages and annotations without having to have a checked-out copy.
748 * Exclusive revision ranges have been added to "cvs log" using ::
749 (similar to "cvs admin -o").
751 * The VMS client now accepts wildcards if you're running VMS 7.x.
753 * ZLIB has been updated to version 1.1.3, the most current version. This
754 includes mostly some optimizations and minor bug fixes.
756 * The ~/.cvspass file has a slightly modified format. CVSROOTs are now
757 stored in a new canonical form - hostnames are now case insensitive and
758 port numbers are always stored in the new format. Until a new login for
759 a particular CVSROOT is performed with the new version of CVS, new and
760 old versions of CVS should interoperate invisibly. After that point, an
761 extra login using the old version of CVS may be necessary to continue to
762 allow the new and old versions of CVS to interoperate using the same
763 ~/.cvspass file and CVSROOT. The exception to this rule occurs when the
764 CVSROOTs used with the different versions use case insensitively
765 different hostnames, for example, "empress", and "empress.2-wit.com".
767 * A password and a port number may now be specified in CVSROOT for
768 pserver connections. The new format is:
770 :pserver:[[user][:password]@]host[:[port]]/path
772 Note that passwords specified in a checkout command will be saved in the
773 clear in the CVS/Root file in each created directory, so this is not
774 recommended, except perhaps when accessing anonymous repositories or the
777 * The distribution has been converted to use Automake. This shouldn't
778 affect most users except to ease some portability concerns, but if you
779 are building from the repository and encounter problems with the
780 makefiles, you might try running ./noautomake.sh after a fresh update
783 Changes from 1.10 to 1.11:
785 * The "cvs update" command has a new -C option to get clean copies from
786 the repository, abandoning any local changes.
788 * The new "cvs version" command gives a short version message. If
789 the repository is remote, both the client and server versions are
792 * "cvs admin -t" now works correctly in client/server mode.
794 * The "cvs history" command output format has changed -- the date
795 now includes the year and is given is ISO 8601 format (yyyy-mm-dd).
796 Also, the new LogHistory option in CVSROOT/config can be used to
797 control what information gets recorded in the log file and code has
798 been added to record file removals.
800 * The buggy PreservePermissions code has been disabled.
802 * Anonymous read-only access can now be done without requiring a
803 password. On the server side, simply give that user (presumably
804 `anonymous') an empty password in the CVSROOT/passwd file, and then
805 any received password will authenticate successfully.
807 * There is a new access method :fork: which is similar to :local:
808 except that it is implemented via the CVS remote protocol, and thus
809 has a somewhat different set of quirks and bugs.
811 * The -d command line option no longer updates the CVS/Root file. For
812 one thing, the CVS 1.9/1.10 behavior never had updated CVS/Root in
813 subdirectories, and for another, it didn't seem that popular in
814 general. So this change restores the CVS 1.8 behavior (which is also
815 the CVS 1.9/1.10 behavior if the environment variable
816 CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT is set; with this change,
817 CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT no longer has any effect).
819 * It is now possible for a single CVS command to recurse into several
820 CVS roots. This includes roots which are located on several servers,
821 or which are both remote and local. CVS will make connections to as
822 many servers as necessary.
824 * It is now possible to put the CVS lock files in a directory
825 set by the new LockDir option in CVSROOT/config. The default
826 continues to be to put the lock files in the repository itself.
828 Changes from 1.9 to 1.10:
830 * A bug was discovered in the -t/-f wrapper support that can cause
831 serious data loss. Because of this (and also the fact that it doesn't
832 work at all in client/server mode), the -t/-f wrapper code has been
833 disabled until it can be fixed.
835 * There is a new feature, enabled by TopLevelAdmin in CVSROOT/config,
836 which tells CVS to modify the behavior of the "checkout" command. The
837 command now creates a CVS directory at the top level of the new
838 working directory, in addition to CVS directories created within
839 checked-out directories. See the Cederqvist for details.
841 * There is an optional set of features, enabled by PreservePermissions
842 in CVSROOT/config, which allow CVS to store unix-specific file
843 information such as permissions, file ownership, and links. See the
844 Cederqvist for details.
846 * One can now authenticate and encrypt using the GSSAPI network
847 security interface. For details see the Cederqvist's description of
848 specifying :gserver: in CVSROOT, and the -a global option.
850 * All access to RCS files is now implemented internally rather than by
851 calling RCS programs. The main user-visible consequence of this is
852 that there is no need to worry about making sure that CVS finds the
853 correct version of RCS. The -b global option and the RCSBIN setting
854 in CVSROOT/config are still accepted but don't do anything. The
855 $RCSBIN internal variable in administrative files is no longer
858 * There is a new syntax, "cvs admin -orev1::rev2", which collapses the
859 revisions between rev1 and rev2 without deleting rev1 or rev2
862 * There is a new administrative file CVSROOT/config which allows one
863 to specify miscellaneous aspects of CVS configuration. Currently
866 - SystemAuth, allows you to prevent pserver from checking for system
869 For more information see the "config" section of cvs.texinfo.
871 * When setting up the pserver server, one now must specify the
872 allowable CVSROOT directories in inetd.conf. See the Password
873 authentication server section of cvs.texinfo for details. Note that
874 this implies that everyone who is running a pserver server must edit
875 inetd.conf when upgrading their CVS.
877 * The client no longer needs an external patch program (assuming both
878 the client and the server have been updated to the new version).
880 * "cvs admin [options]" will now recurse. In previous versions of
881 CVS, it was an error and one needed to specify "cvs admin [options] ."
882 to recurse. This change brings admin in line with the other CVS
885 * New "logout" command to remove the password for a remote cvs
886 repository from the cvspass file.
888 * Read-only repository access is implemented for the
889 password-authenticated server (other access methods are just governed
890 by Unix file permissions, since they require login access to the
891 repository machine anyway). See the "Repository" section of
892 cvs.texinfo for details, including a discussion of security issues.
893 Note that the requirement that read-only users be able to create locks
894 and write the history file still applies.
896 * There is a new administrative file verifymsg which is like editinfo
897 but merely validates the message, rather than also getting it from the
898 user. It therefore works with client/server CVS or if one uses the -m
899 or -F options to commit. See the verifymsg section of cvs.texinfo for
902 * The %s format formerly accepted in loginfo has been extended to
903 formats such as %{sVv}, so that loginfo scripts have access to the
904 version numbers being changed. See the Loginfo section of cvs.texinfo
907 * The postscript documentation (doc/cvs.ps) shipped with CVS is now
908 formatted for US letter size instead of A4. This is not because we
909 consider this size "better" than A4, but because we believe that the
910 US letter version will print better on A4 paper than the other way
913 * The "cvs export" command is now logged in the history file and there
914 is a "cvs history -x E" command to select history file entries
917 * CVS no longer uses the CVS_PASSWORD environment variable. Storing
918 passwords in cleartext in an environment variable is a security risk,
919 especially since (on BSD variants) any user on the system can display
920 any process's environment using 'ps'. Users should use the 'cvs
921 login' command instead.
924 Changes from 1.8 to 1.9:
926 * Windows NT client should now work on Windows 95 as well.
928 * New option "--help-synonyms" prints a list of all recognized command
931 * The "log" command is now implemented internally rather than via the
932 RCS "rlog" program. The main user-visible consequence is that
933 symbolic branch names now work (for example "cvs log -rbranch1").
934 Also, the date formats accepted by -d have changed. They previously
935 had been a bewildering variety of poorly-documented date formats. Now
936 they are the same as the date formats accepted by the -D options to
937 the other CVS commands, which is also a (different) bewildering
938 variety of poorly-documented date formats, but at least we are
939 consistently bewildering :-).
941 * Encryption is now supported over a Kerberos client/server
942 connection. The new "-x" global option requests it. You must
943 configure with the --enable-encryption option in order to enable
946 * The format of the CVS commit message has changed slightly when
947 committing changes on a branch. The tag on which the commit is
948 ocurring is now reported correctly in all cases.
950 * New flag -k in wrappers allows you to specify the keyword expansion
951 mode for added files based on their name. For example, you can
952 specify that files whose name matches *.exe are binary by default.
953 See the Wrappers section of cvs.texinfo for more details.
955 * Remote CVS with the "-z" option now uses the zlib library (included
956 with CVS) to compress all communication between the client and the
957 server, rather than invoking gzip on each file separately. This means
958 that compression is better and there is no need for an external gzip
959 program (except to interoperate with older version of CVS).
961 * The "cvs rlog" command is deprecated and running it will print a
962 warning; use the synonymous "cvs log" command instead. It is
963 confusing for rlog to mean the same as log because some other CVS
964 commands are in pairs consisting of a plain command which operates on
965 a working directory and an "r" command which does not (diff/rdiff;
968 * "cvs diff" has a bunch of new options, mostly long options. Most of
969 these work only if rcsdiff and diff support them, and are named the
970 same as the corresponding options to diff.
972 * The -q and -Q command options to "cvs diff" were removed (use the
973 global options instead). This brings "cvs diff" into line with the
974 rest of the CVS commands.
976 * The "annotate" command can now be used to annotate a revision other
977 than the head revision on the trunk (see the -r, -D, and -f options in
978 the annotate node of cvs.texinfo for details).
980 * The "tag" command has a new option "-c" which checks that all files
981 are not locally modified before tagging.
983 * The -d command line option now overrides the cvsroot setting stored
984 in the CVS/Root file in each working directory, and specifying -d will
985 cause CVS/Root to be updated.
987 * Local (non-client/server) CVS now runs on Windows NT. See
988 windows-NT/README for details.
990 * The CVSROOT variable specification has changed to support more
991 access methods. In addition to "pserver," "server" (internal rsh
992 client), "ext" (external rsh client), "kserver" (kerberos), and
993 "local" (local filesystem access) can now be specified. For more
994 details on each method, see cvs.texinfo (there is an index entry for
995 :local: and each of the other access methods).
997 * The "login" command no longer prompts the user for username and
998 hostname, since one will have to provide that information via the `-d'
999 flag or by setting CVSROOT.
1001 Changes from 1.7 to 1.8:
1003 * New "cvs annotate" command to display the last modification for each
1004 line of a file, with the revision number, user checking in the
1005 modification, and date of the modification. For more information see
1006 the `annotate' node in cvs.texinfo.
1008 * The cvsinit shell script has been replaced by a cvs init command.
1009 The cvs init command creates some example administrative files which
1010 are similar to the files found in the examples directory (and copied
1011 by cvsinit) in previous releases.
1013 * Added the patterns *.olb *.exe _$* *$ to default ignore list.
1015 * There is now a $USER internal variable for *info files.
1017 * There is no longer a separate `mkmodules' program; the functionality
1018 is now built into `cvs'. If upgrading an old repository, it is OK to
1019 leave in the lines in the modules file which run mkmodules (the
1020 mkmodules actions will get done twice, but that is harmless); you will
1021 probably want to remove them once you are no longer using the old CVS.
1023 * One can now specify user variables in *info files via the
1024 ${=varname} syntax; there is a -s global option to set them. See the
1025 Variables node in cvs.texinfo for details.
1027 Changes from 1.6 to 1.7:
1029 * The default ignore list has changed slightly: *.obj has been added
1030 and CVS* has been changed to CVS CVS.adm.
1032 * CVS now supports password authentication when accessing remote
1033 repositories; this is useful for sites that can't use rsh (because of
1034 a firewall, for example), and also don't have kerberos. See node
1035 "Password authenticated" (in "Remote repositories", in
1036 doc/cvs.texinfo) for more details. Note: This feature requires both
1037 the client and server to be upgraded.
1039 * Using the -kb option to specify binary files now works--most cases
1040 did not work before. See the "Binary files" section of
1041 doc/cvs.texinfo for details.
1043 * New developer communication features. See the "Watches" section of
1044 doc/cvs.texinfo for details.
1046 * RCS keyword "Name" supported for "cvs update -r <tag>" and "cvs
1049 * If there is a group whose name matches a compiled in value which
1050 defaults to "cvsadmin", only members of that group can use "cvs
1051 admin". This replaces the CVS_NOADMIN option.
1053 * CVS now sets the modes of files in the repository based on the
1054 CVSUMASK environment variable or a compiled in value defaulting to
1055 002. This way other developers will be able to access the files in
1056 the repository regardless of the umask of the developer creating them.
1058 * The command names in .cvsrc now match the official name of the
1059 command, not the one (possibly an alias) by which it was invoked. If
1060 you had previously relied on "cvs di" and "cvs diff" using different
1061 options, instead use a shell function or alias (for example "alias
1062 cvsdi='cvs diff -u'"). You also can specify global CVS options (like
1063 "-z") using the command name "cvs".
1065 Changes from 1.5 to 1.6:
1067 * Del updated the man page to include all of the new features
1070 * "cvs tag" now supports a "-r | -D" option for tagging an already
1071 tagged revision / specific revision of a file.
1073 * There is a "taginfo" file in CVSROOT that supports filtering and
1074 recording of tag operations.
1076 * Long options support added, including --help and --version options.
1078 * "cvs release" no longer cares whether or not the directory being
1079 released has an entry in the `modules' file.
1081 * The modules file now takes a -e option which is used instead of -o
1082 for "cvs export". If your modules file has a -o option which you want
1083 to be used for "cvs export", change it to specify -e as well as -o.
1085 * "cvs export" now takes a -k option to set RCS keyword expansion.
1086 This way you can export binary files. If you want the old behavior,
1087 you need to specify -kv.
1089 * "cvs update", "cvs rdiff", "cvs checkout", "cvs import", "cvs
1090 release", "cvs rtag", and "cvs tag" used to take -q and -Q options
1091 after the command name (e.g. "cvs update -q"). This was confusing
1092 because other commands, such as "cvs ci", did not. So the options
1093 after the command name have been removed and you must now specify, for
1094 example, "cvs -q update", which has been supported since CVS 1.3.
1096 * New "wrappers" feature. This allows you to set a hook which
1097 transforms files on their way in and out of cvs (apparently on the
1098 NeXT there is some particular usefulness in tarring things up in the
1099 repository). It also allows you to declare files as merge-by-copy
1100 which means that instead of trying to merge the file, CVS will merely
1101 copy the new version. There is a CVSROOT/cvswrappers file and an
1102 optionsl ~/.cvswrappers file to support this feature.
1104 * You can set CVSROOT to user@host:dir, not just host:dir, if your
1105 username on the server host is different than on the client host.
1107 * VISUAL is accepted as well as EDITOR.
1109 * $CVSROOT is expanded in *info files.
1111 Changes from 1.4A2 to 1.5:
1113 * Remote implementation. This is very helpful when collaborating on a
1114 project with someone across a wide-area network. This release can
1115 also be used locally, like other CVS versions, if you have no need for
1118 Here are some of the features of the remote implementation:
1119 - It uses reliable transport protocols (TCP/IP) for remote repository
1120 access, not NFS. NFS is unusable over long distances (and sometimes
1121 over short distances)
1122 - It transfers only those files that have changed in the repository or
1123 the working directory. To save transmission time, it will transfer
1124 patches when appropriate, and can compress data for transmission.
1125 - The server never holds CVS locks while waiting for a reply from the client;
1126 this makes the system robust when used over flaky networks.
1128 The remote features are documented in doc/cvsclient.texi in the CVS
1129 distribution, but the main doc file, cvs.texinfo, has not yet been
1130 updated to include the remote features.
1132 * Death support. See src/README-rm-add for more information on this.
1134 * Many speedups, especially from jtc@cygnus.com.
1136 * CVS 1.2 compatibility code has been removed as a speedup. If you
1137 have working directories checked out by CVS 1.2, CVS 1.3 or 1.4A2 will
1138 try to convert them, but CVS 1.5 and later will not (if the working
1139 directory is up to date and contains no extraneous files, you can just
1140 remove it, and then check out a new working directory). Likewise if
1141 your repository contains a CVSROOT.adm directory instead of a CVSROOT
1142 directory, you need to rename it.
1144 Fri Oct 21 20:58:54 1994 Brian Berliner <berliner@sun.com>
1146 * Changes between CVS 1.3 and CVS 1.4 Alpha-2
1148 * A new program, "cvsbug", is provided to let you send bug reports
1149 directly to the CVS maintainers. Please use it instead of sending
1150 mail to the info-cvs mailing list. If your build fails, you may
1151 have to invoke "cvsbug" directly from the "src" directory as
1154 * A new User's Guide and Tutorial, written by Per Cederqvist
1155 <ceder@signum.se> of Signum Support. See the "doc" directory. A
1156 PostScript version is included as "doc/cvs.ps".
1158 * The Frequesntly Asked Questions file, FAQ, has been added to the
1159 release. Unfortunately, its contents are likely out-of-date.
1161 * The "cvsinit" shell script is now installed in the $prefix/bin
1162 directory like the other programs. You can now create new
1163 CVS repositories with great ease.
1165 * Index: lines are now printed on output from 'diff' and 'rdiff',
1166 in order to facilitate application of patches to multiple subdirs.
1168 * Support for a ~/.cvsrc file, which allows you to specify options
1169 that are always supposed to be given to a specific command. This
1170 feature shows the non-orthogonality of the option set, since while
1171 there may be an option to turn something on, the option to turn
1172 that same thing off may not exist.
1174 * You can now list subdirectories that you wish to ignore in a
1175 modules listing, such as:
1177 gcc -a gnu/gcc, !gnu/gcc/testsuites
1179 which will check out everything underneath gnu/gcc, except
1180 everything underneath gnu/gcc/testsuites.
1182 * It is now much harder to accidentally overwrite an existing tag
1183 name, since attempting to move a tag name will result in a error,
1184 unless the -F (force) flag is given to the tag subcommands.
1186 * Better error checking on matching of the repository used to
1187 check code out from against the repository the current cvs
1188 commnands would use. (Thanks to Mark Baushke <mdb@cisco.com>)
1190 * Better support for sites with multiple CVSROOT repositories has
1191 been contributed. The file "CVS/Root" in your working directory
1192 is created to hold the full path to the CVS repository and a
1193 simple check is made against your current CVSROOT setting.
1195 * You can now specify an RCS keyword substitution value when you
1196 import files into the repository.
1198 * Uses a much newer version of Autoconf, and conforms to the GNU
1199 coding standards much more closely. No, it still doesn't have
1202 * Code cleanup. Many passes through gcc -Wall helped to identify
1203 a number of questionable constructs. Most arbitrary length limits
1206 * Profiling to determine bottlenecks helped to identify the best
1207 places to spend time speeding up the code, which was then done. A
1208 number of performance enhancements in filename matching have sped
1211 * Many more contributions have been added to the "contrib"
1212 directory. See the README file in that directory for more
1215 * "cvs commit" will try harder to not change the file's
1216 modification time after the commit. If the file does not change
1217 as a result of the commit operation, CVS will preserve the
1218 original modification time, thus speeding up future make-type
1221 * "cvs commit" now includes any removed files in the (optional)
1222 pre-commit checking program that may be invoked. Previously, only
1223 added and modified files were included.
1225 * It is now possible to commit a file directly onto the trunk at a
1226 specific revision level by doing "cvs commit -r3.0 file.c", where
1227 "3.0" specifies the revision you wish to create. The file must be
1228 up-to-date with the current head of the trunk for this to succeed.
1230 * "cvs commit" will now function with a pre-commit program that
1231 has arguments specified in the "commitinfo" file.
1233 * The "mkmodules" program will now look within the
1234 $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/checkoutlist" file for any additional files that
1235 should be automatically checked out within CVSROOT; mkmodules also
1236 tries harder to preserve any execute bits the files may have
1239 * "cvs diff" is much more accurate about its exit status now. It
1240 now returns the maximum exit status of any invoked diff.
1242 * The "-I !" option is now supported for the import and update
1243 commands correctly. It will properly clear the ignore list now.
1245 * Some problems with "cvs import" handling of .cvsignore have been
1246 fixed; as well, some rampant recursion problems with import have
1249 * "cvs rdiff" (aka "cvs patch") now tries to set the modify time
1250 of any temporary files it uses to match those specified for the
1251 particular revision. This allows a more accurate patch image to
1254 * "cvs status" has improved revision descriptions. "Working
1255 revision" is used for the revision of the working file that you
1256 edit directly; "Repository revision" is the revision of the file
1257 with the $CVSROOT source repository. Also, the output is clearer
1258 with regard to sticky and branch revisions.
1260 * CVS no longer dumps core when given a mixture of directories and
1261 files in sub-directories (as in "cvs ci file1 dir1/file2").
1262 Instead, arguments are now clumped into their respective directory
1263 and operated on in chunks, together.
1265 * If the CVSEDITOR environment variable is set, that editor is
1266 used for log messages instead of the EDITOR environment variable.
1267 This makes it easy to substitute intelligent programs to make more
1268 elaborate log messages. Contributed by Mark D Baushke
1271 * Command argument changes:
1272 cvs: The "-f" option has been added to ignore
1274 commit: Renamed the "-f logfile" option to the
1275 "-F logfile" option. Added the "-f"
1276 option to force a commit of the specified
1277 files (this disables recursion).
1278 history: Added "-t timezone" option to force any
1279 date-specific output into the specified
1281 import: Added "-d" option to use the file's
1282 modification time as the time of the
1283 import. Added "-k sub" option to set the
1284 default RCS keyword substitution mode for
1285 newly-created files.
1286 remove: Added "-f" option to force the file's
1287 automatic removal if it still exists in
1288 the working directory (use with caution).
1289 rtag: Added "-F" option to move the tag if it
1290 already exists -- new default is to NOT
1291 move tags automatically.
1292 tag: Added "-F" option to move the tag if it
1293 already exists -- new default is to NOT
1294 move tags automatically.
1296 Tue Apr 7 15:55:25 1992 Brian Berliner (berliner at sun.com)
1298 * Changes between CVS 1.3 Beta-3 and official CVS 1.3!
1300 * A new shell script is provided, "./cvsinit", which can be run at
1301 install time to help setup your $CVSROOT area. This can greatly
1302 ease your entry into CVS usage.
1304 * The INSTALL file has been updated to include the machines on
1305 which CVS has compiled successfully. I think CVS 1.3 is finally
1306 portable. Thanks to all the Beta testers!
1308 * Support for the "editinfo" file was contributed. This file
1309 (located in $CVSROOT/CVSROOT) can be used to specify a special
1310 "editor" to run on a per-directory basis within the repository,
1311 instead of the usual user's editor. As such, it can verify that
1312 the log message entered by the user is of the appropriate form
1313 (contains a bugid and test validation, for example).
1315 * The manual pages cvs(1) and cvs(5) have been updated.
1317 * The "mkmodules" command now informs you when your modules file
1318 has duplicate entries.
1320 * The "add" command now preserves any per-directory sticky tag when
1321 you add a new directory to your checked-out sources.
1323 * The "admin" command is now a fully recursive interface to the
1324 "rcs" program which operates on your checked-out sources. It no
1325 longer requires you to specify the full path to the RCS file.
1327 * The per-file sticky tags can now be effectively removed with
1328 "cvs update -A file", even if you had checked out the whole
1329 directory with a per-directory sticky tag. This allows a great
1330 deal of flexibility in managing the revisions that your checked-out
1331 sources are based upon (both per-directory and per-file sticky
1334 * The "cvs -n commit" command now works, to show which files are
1335 out-of-date and will cause the real commit to fail, or which files
1336 will fail any pre-commit checks. Also, the "cvs -n import ..."
1337 command will now show you what it would've done without actually
1340 * Doing "cvs commit modules" to checkin the modules file will no
1341 properly run the "mkmodules" program (assuming you have setup your
1342 $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/modules file to do so).
1344 * The -t option in the modules file (which specifies a program to
1345 run when you do a "cvs rtag" operation on a module) now gets the
1346 symbolic tag as the second argument when invoked.
1348 * When the source repository is locked by another user, that user's
1349 login name will be displayed as the holder of the lock.
1351 * Doing "cvs checkout module/file.c" now works even if
1352 module/file.c is in the Attic (has been removed from main-line
1355 * Doing "cvs commit */Makefile" now works as one would expect.
1356 Rather than trying to commit everything recursively, it will now
1357 commit just the files specified.
1359 * The "cvs remove" command is now fully recursive. To schedule a
1360 file for removal, all you have to do is "rm file" and "cvs rm".
1361 With no arguments, "cvs rm" will schedule all files that have been
1362 physically removed for removal from the source repository at the
1365 * The "cvs tag" command now prints "T file" for each file that was
1366 tagged by this invocation and "D file" for each file that had the
1367 tag removed (as with "cvs tag -d").
1369 * The -a option has been added to "cvs rtag" to force it to clean
1370 up any old, matching tags for files that have been removed (in the
1371 Attic) that may not have been touched by this tag operation. This
1372 can help keep a consistent view with your tag, even if you re-use
1375 Sat Feb 29 16:02:05 1992 Brian Berliner (berliner at sun.com)
1377 * Changes between CVS 1.3 Beta-2 and CVS 1.3 Beta-3
1379 * Many portability fixes, thanks to all the Beta testers! With any
1380 luck, this Beta release will compile correctly on most anything.
1381 Hey, what are we without our dreams.
1383 * CVS finally has support for doing isolated development on a
1384 branch off the current (or previous!) revisions. This is also
1385 extremely nice for generating patches for previously released
1386 software while development is progressing on the next release.
1387 Here's an example of creating a branch to fix a patch with the 2.0
1388 version of the "foo" module, even though we are already well into
1389 the 3.0 release. Do:
1391 % cvs rtag -b -rFOO_2_0 FOO_2_0_Patch foo
1392 % cvs checkout -rFOO_2_0_Patch foo
1397 A physical branch will be created in the RCS file only when you
1398 actually commit the change. As such, forking development at some
1399 random point in time is extremely light-weight -- requiring just a
1400 symbolic tag in each file until a commit is done. To fork
1401 development at the currently checked out sources, do:
1403 % cvs tag -b Personal_Hack
1404 % cvs update -rPersonal_Hack
1408 Now, if you decide you want the changes made in the Personal_Hack
1409 branch to be merged in with other changes made in the main-line
1410 development, you could do:
1412 % cvs commit # to make Personal_Hack complete
1413 % cvs update -A # to update sources to main-line
1414 % cvs update -jPersonal_Hack # to merge Personal_Hack
1416 to update your checked-out sources, or:
1418 % cvs checkout -jPersonal_Hack module
1420 to checkout a fresh copy.
1422 To support this notion of forked development, CVS reserves
1423 all even-numbered branches for its own use. In addition, CVS
1424 reserves the ".0" and ".1" branches. So, if you intend to do your
1425 own branches by hand with RCS, you should use odd-numbered branches
1426 starting with ".3", as in "1.1.3", "1.1.5", 1.2.9", ....
1428 * The "cvs commit" command now supports a fully functional -r
1429 option, allowing you to commit your changes to a specific numeric
1430 revision or symbolic tag with full consistency checks. Numeric
1431 tags are useful for bringing your sources all up to some revision
1436 For symbolic tags, you can only commit to a tag that references a
1437 branch in the RCS file. One created by "cvs rtag -b" or from
1438 "cvs tag -b" is appropriate (see below).
1440 * Roland Pesch <pesch@cygnus.com> and K. Richard Pixley
1441 <rich@cygnus.com> were kind enough to contribute two new manual
1442 pages for CVS: cvs(1) and cvs(5). Most of the new CVS 1.3 features
1443 are now documented, with the exception of the new branch support
1444 added to commit/rtag/tag/checkout/update.
1446 * The -j options of checkout/update have been added. The "cvs join"
1447 command has been removed.
1449 With one -j option, CVS will merge the changes made between the
1450 resulting revision and the revision that it is based on (e.g., if
1451 the tag refers to a branch, CVS will merge all changes made in
1452 that branch into your working file).
1454 With two -j options, CVS will merge in the changes between the two
1455 respective revisions. This can be used to "remove" a certain delta
1456 from your working file. E.g., If the file foo.c is based on
1457 revision 1.6 and I want to remove the changes made between 1.3 and
1460 % cvs update -j1.5 -j1.3 foo.c # note the order...
1462 In addition, each -j option can contain on optional date
1463 specification which, when used with branches, can limit the chosen
1464 revision to one within a specific date. An optional date is
1465 specified by adding a colon (:) to the tag, as in:
1467 -jSymbolic_Tag:Date_Specifier
1469 An example might be what "cvs import" tells you to do when you have
1470 just imported sources that have conflicts with local changes:
1472 % cvs checkout -jTAG:yesterday -jTAG module
1474 which tells CVS to merge in the changes made to the branch
1475 specified by TAG in the last 24 hours. If this is not what is
1476 intended, substitute "yesterday" for whatever format of date that
1477 is appropriate, like:
1479 % cvs checkout -jTAG:'1 week ago' -jTAG module
1481 * "cvs diff" now supports the special tags "BASE" and "HEAD". So,
1484 % cvs diff -u -rBASE -rHEAD
1486 will effectively show the changes made by others (in unidiff
1487 format) that will be merged into your working sources with your
1488 next "cvs update" command. "-rBASE" resolves to the revision that
1489 your working file is based on. "-rHEAD" resolves to the current
1490 head of the branch or trunk that you are working on.
1492 * The -P option of "cvs checkout" now means to Prune empty
1493 directories, as with "update". The default is to not remove empty
1494 directories. However, if you do "checkout" with any -r options, -P
1495 will be implied. I.e., checking out with a tag will cause empty
1496 directories to be pruned automatically.
1498 * The new file INSTALL describes how to install CVS, including
1499 detailed descriptions of interfaces to "configure".
1501 * The example loginfo file in examples/loginfo has been updated to
1502 use the perl script included in contrib/log.pl. The nice thing
1503 about this log program is that it records the revision numbers of
1504 your change in the log message.
1506 Example files for commitinfo and rcsinfo are now included in the
1509 * All "#if defined(__STDC__) && __STDC__ == 1" lines have been
1510 changed to be "#if __STDC__" to fix some problems with the former.
1512 * The lib/regex.[ch] files have been updated to the 1.3 release of
1513 the GNU regex package.
1515 * The ndbm emulation routines included with CVS 1.3 Beta-2 in the
1516 src/ndbm.[ch] files has been moved into the src/myndbm.[ch] files
1517 to avoid any conflict with the system <ndbm.h> header file. If
1518 you had a previous CVS 1.3 Beta release, you will want to "cvs
1519 remove ndbm.[ch]" form your copy of CVS as well.
1521 * "cvs add" and "cvs remove" are a bit more verbose, telling you
1522 what to do to add/remove your file permanently.
1524 * We no longer mess with /dev/tty in "commit" and "add".
1526 * More things are quiet with the -Q option set.
1528 * New src/config.h option: If CVS_BADROOT is set, CVS will not
1529 allow people really logged in as "root" to commit changes.
1531 * "cvs diff" exits with a status of 0 if there were no diffs, 1 if
1532 there were diffs, and 2 if there were errors.
1534 * "cvs -n diff" is now supported so that you can still run diffs
1535 even while in the middle of committing files.
1537 * Handling of the CVS/Entries file is now much more robust.
1539 * The default file ignore list now includes "*.so".
1541 * "cvs import" did not expand '@' in the log message correctly. It
1542 does now. Also, import now uses the ignore file facility
1545 Import will now tell you whether there were conflicts that need to
1546 be resolved, and how to resolve them.
1548 * "cvs log" has been changed so that you can "log" things that are
1549 not a part of the current release (in the Attic).
1551 * If you don't change the editor message on commit, CVS now prompts
1552 you with the choice:
1554 !)reuse this message unchanged for remaining dirs
1556 which allows you to tell CVS that you have no intention of changing
1557 the log message for the remainder of the commit.
1559 * It is no longer necessary to have CVSROOT set if you are using
1560 the -H option to get Usage information on the commands.
1562 * Command argument changes:
1563 checkout: -P handling changed as described above.
1564 New -j option (up to 2 can be specified)
1565 for doing rcsmerge kind of things on
1567 commit: -r option now supports committing to a
1568 numeric or symbolic tags, with some
1569 restrictions. Full consistency checks will
1571 Added "-f logfile" option, which tells
1572 commit to glean the log message from the
1573 specified file, rather than invoking the
1575 rtag: Added -b option to create a branch tag,
1576 useful for creating a patch for a previous
1577 release, or for forking development.
1578 tag: Added -b option to create a branch tag,
1579 useful for creating a patch for a previous
1580 release, or for forking development.
1581 update: New -j option (up to 2 can be specified)
1582 for doing rcsmerge kind of things on
1585 Thu Jan 9 10:51:35 MST 1992 Jeff Polk (polk at BSDI.COM)
1587 * Changes between CVS 1.3 Beta-1 and CVS 1.3 Beta-2
1589 * Thanks to K. Richard Pixley at Cygnus we now have function
1590 prototypes in all the files
1592 * Some small changes to configure for portability. There have
1593 been other portability problems submitted that have not been fixed
1594 (Brian will be working on those). Additionally all __STDC__
1595 tests have been modified to check __STDC__ against the constant 1
1596 (this is what the Second edition of K&R says must be true).
1598 * Lots of additional error checking for forked processes (run_exec)
1599 (thanks again to K. Richard Pixley)
1601 * Lots of miscellaneous bug fixes - including but certainly not
1603 various commit core dumps
1604 various update core dumps
1605 bogus results from status with numeric sticky tags
1606 commitprog used freed memory
1607 Entries file corruption caused by No_Difference
1608 commit to revision broken (now works if branch exists)
1609 ignore file processing broken for * and !
1610 ignore processing didn't handle memory reasonably
1611 miscellaneous bugs in the recursion processor
1612 file descriptor leak in ParseInfo
1613 CVSROOT.adm->CVSROOT rename bug
1616 * Reformatted all the code in src (with GNU indent) and then
1617 went back and fixed prototypes, etc since indent gets confused. The
1618 rationale is that it is better to do it sooner than later and now
1619 everything is consistent and will hopefully stay that way.
1620 The basic options to indent were: "-bad -bbb -bap -cdb -d0 -bl -bli0
1621 -nce -pcs -cs -cli4 -di1 -nbc -psl -lp -i4 -ip4 -c41" and then
1622 miscellaneous formatting fixes were applied. Note also that the
1623 "-nfc1" or "-nfca" may be appropriate in files where comments have
1624 been carefully formatted (e.g, modules.c).
1626 Sat Dec 14 20:35:22 1991 Brian Berliner (berliner at sun.com)
1628 * Changes between CVS 1.2 and CVS 1.3 Beta are described here.
1630 * Lots of portability work. CVS now uses the GNU "configure"
1631 script to dynamically determine the features provided by your
1632 system. It probably is not foolproof, but it is better than
1633 nothing. Please let me know of any portability problems. Some
1634 file names were changed to fit within 14-characters.
1636 * CVS has a new RCS parser that is much more flexible and
1637 extensible. It should read all known RCS ",v" format files.
1639 * Most of the commands now are fully recursive, rather than just
1640 operating on the current directory alone. This includes "commit",
1641 which makes it real easy to do an "atomic" commit of all the
1642 changes made to a CVS hierarchy of sources. Most of the commands
1643 also correctly handle file names that are in directories other than
1644 ".", including absolute path names. Commands now accept the "-R"
1645 option to force recursion on (though it is always the default now)
1646 and the "-l" option to force recursion off, doing just "." and not
1647 any sub-directories.
1649 * CVS supports many of the features provided with the RCS 5.x
1650 distribution - including the new "-k" keyword expansion options. I
1651 recommend using RCS 5.x (5.6 is the current official RCS version)
1652 and GNU diff 1.15 (or later) distributions with CVS.
1654 * Checking out files with symbolic tags/dates is now "sticky", in
1655 that CVS remembers the tag/date used for each file (and directory)
1656 and will use that tag/date automatically on the next "update" call.
1657 This stickyness also holds for files checked out with the the new
1658 RCS 5.x "-k" options.
1660 * The "cvs diff" command now recognizes all of the rcsdiff 5.x
1661 options. Unidiff format is available by installing the GNU
1662 diff 1.15 distribution.
1664 * The old "CVS.adm" directories created on checkout are now called
1665 "CVS" directories, to look more like "RCS" and "SCCS". Old CVS.adm
1666 directories are automagically converted to CVS directories. The
1667 old "CVSROOT.adm" directory within the source repository is
1668 automagically changed into a "CVSROOT" directory as well.
1670 * Symbolic links in the source repository are fully supported ONLY
1671 if you use RCS 5.6 or later and (of course) your system supports
1674 * A history database has been contributed which maintains the
1675 history of certain CVS operations, as well as providing a wide array
1676 of querying options.
1678 * The "cvs" program has a "-n" option which can be used with the
1679 "update" command to show what would be updated without actually
1680 doing the update, like: "cvs -n update". All usage statements
1681 have been cleaned up and made more verbose.
1683 * The module database parsing has been rewritten. The new format
1684 is compatible with the old format, but with much more
1685 functionality. It allows modules to be created that grab pieces or
1686 whole directories from various different parts of your source
1687 repository. Module-relative specifications are also correctly
1688 recognized now, like "cvs checkout module/file.c".
1690 * A configurable template can be specified such that on a "commit",
1691 certain directories can supply a template that the user must fill
1692 before completing the commit operation.
1694 * A configurable pre-commit checking program can be specified which
1695 will run to verify that a "commit" can happen. This feature can be
1696 used to restrict certain users from changing certain pieces of the
1697 source repository, or denying commits to the entire source
1700 * The new "cvs export" command is much like "checkout", but
1701 establishes defaults suitable for exporting code to others (expands
1702 out keywords, forces the use of a symbolic tag, and does not create
1703 "CVS" directories within the checked out sources.
1705 * The new "cvs import" command replaces the deprecated "checkin"
1706 shell script and is used to import sources into CVS control. It is
1707 also much faster for the first-time import. Some algorithmic
1708 improvements have also been made to reduce the number of
1709 conflicting files on next-time imports.
1711 * The new "cvs admin" command is basically an interface to the
1712 "rcs" program. (Not yet implemented very well).
1714 * Signal handling (on systems with BSD or POSIX signals) is much
1715 improved. Interrupting CVS now works with a single interrupt!
1717 * CVS now invokes RCS commands by direct fork/exec rather than
1718 calling system(3). This improves performance by removing a call to
1719 the shell to parse the arguments.
1721 * Support for the .cvsignore file has been contributed. CVS will
1722 now show "unknown" files as "? filename" as the result of an "update"
1723 command. The .cvsignore file can be used to add files to the
1724 current list of ignored files so that they won't show up as unknown.
1726 * Command argument changes:
1727 cvs: Added -l to turn off history logging.
1728 Added -n to show what would be done without actually
1730 Added -q/-Q for quiet and really quiet settings.
1731 Added -t to show debugging trace.
1732 add: Added -k to allow RCS 5.x -k options to be specified.
1733 admin: New command; an interface to rcs(1).
1734 checkout: Added -A to reset sticky tags/date/options.
1735 Added -N to not shorten module paths.
1736 Added -R option to force recursion.
1737 Changed -p (prune empty directories) to -P option.
1738 Changed -f option; forcing tags match is now default.
1739 Added -p option to checkout module to standard output.
1740 Added -s option to cat the modules db with status.
1741 Added -d option to checkout in the specified directory.
1742 Added -k option to use RCS 5.x -k support.
1743 commit: Removed -a option; use -l instead.
1745 Added -l option to disable recursion.
1746 Added -R option to force recursion.
1747 If no files specified, commit is recursive.
1748 diff: Now recognizes all RCS 5.x rcsdiff options.
1749 Added -l option to disable recursion.
1750 Added -R option to force recursion.
1751 history: New command; displays info about CVS usage.
1752 import: Replaces "checkin" shell script; imports sources
1753 under CVS control. Ignores files on the ignore
1754 list (see -I option or .cvsignore description above).
1755 export: New command; like "checkout", but w/special options
1756 turned on by default to facilitate exporting sources.
1757 join: Added -B option to join from base of the branch;
1758 join now defaults to only joining with the top two
1759 revisions on the branch.
1760 Added -k option for RCS 5.x -k support.
1761 log: Supports all RCS 5.x options.
1762 Added -l option to disable recursion.
1763 Added -R option to force recursion.
1764 patch: Changed -f option; forcing tags match is now default.
1765 Added -c option to force context-style diffs.
1766 Added -u option to support unidiff-style diffs.
1767 Added -V option to support RCS specific-version
1768 keyword expansion formats.
1769 Added -R option to force recursion.
1770 remove: No option changes. It's a bit more verbose.
1771 rtag: Equivalent to the old "cvs tag" command.
1772 No option changes. It's a lot faster for re-tag.
1773 status: New output formats with more information.
1774 Added -l option to disable recursion.
1775 Added -R option to force recursion.
1776 Added -v option to show symbolic tags for files.
1777 tag: Functionality changed to tag checked out files
1778 rather than modules; use "rtag" command to get the
1779 old "cvs tag" behaviour.
1780 update: Added -A to reset sticky tags/date/options.
1781 Changed -p (prune empty directories) to -P option.
1782 Changed -f option; forcing tags match is now default.
1783 Added -p option to checkout module to standard output.
1784 Added -I option to add files to the ignore list.
1785 Added -R option to force recursion.
1789 * Jeff Polk <polk@bsdi.com> rewrote most of the grody code of CVS
1790 1.2. He made just about everything dynamic (by using malloc),
1791 added a generic hashed list manager, re-wrote the modules database
1792 parsing in a compatible - but extended way, generalized directory
1793 hierarchy recursion for virtually all the commands (including
1794 commit!), generalized the loginfo file to be used for pre-commit
1795 checks and commit templates, wrote a new and flexible RCS parser,
1796 fixed an uncountable number of bugs, and helped in the design of
1797 future CVS features. If there's anything gross left in CVS, it's
1800 * David G. Grubbs <dgg@odi.com> contributed the CVS "history" and
1801 "release" commands. As well as the ever-so-useful "-n" option of
1802 CVS which tells CVS to show what it would do, without actually
1803 doing it. He also contributed support for the .cvsignore file.
1805 * Paul Sander, HaL Computer Systems, Inc. <paul@hal.com> wrote and
1806 contributed the code in lib/sighandle.c. I added support for
1807 POSIX, BSD, and non-POSIX/non-BSD systems.
1809 * Free Software Foundation contributed the "configure" script and
1810 other compatibility support in the "lib" directory, which will help
1811 make CVS much more portable.
1813 * Many others have contributed bug reports and enhancement requests.
1814 Some have even submitted actual code which I have not had time yet
1815 to integrate into CVS. Maybe for the next release.
1817 * Thanks to you all!
1819 Wed Feb 6 10:10:58 1991 Brian Berliner (berliner at sun.com)
1821 * Changes from CVS 1.0 Patchlevel 1 to CVS 1.0 Patchlevel 2; also
1822 known as "Changes from CVS 1.1 to CVS 1.2".
1824 * Major new support with this release is the ability to use the
1825 recently-posted RCS 5.5 distribution with CVS 1.2. See below for
1826 other assorted bug-fixes that have been thrown in.
1828 * ChangeLog (new): Added Emacs-style change-log file to CVS 1.2
1829 release. Chronological description of changes between release.
1831 * README: Small fixes to installation instructions. My email
1832 address is now "berliner@sun.com".
1834 * src/Makefile: Removed "rcstime.h". Removed "depend" rule.
1836 * src/partime.c: Updated to RCS 5.5 version with hooks for CVS.
1837 * src/maketime.c: Updated to RCS 5.5 version with hooks for CVS.
1838 * src/rcstime.h: Removed from the CVS 1.2 distribution.
1839 Thanks to Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> for these changes.
1841 * src/checkin.csh: Support for RCS 5.5 parsing.
1842 Thanks to Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> for this change.
1844 * src/collect_sets.c (Collect_Sets): Be quieter if "-f" option is
1845 specified. When checking out files on-top-of other files that CVS
1846 doesn't know about, run a diff in the hopes that they are really
1847 the same file before aborting.
1849 * src/commit.c (branch_number): Fix for RCS 5.5 parsing.
1850 Thanks to Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> for this change.
1852 * src/commit.c (do_editor): Bug fix - fprintf missing argument
1853 which sometimes caused core dumps.
1855 * src/modules.c (process_module): Properly NULL-terminate
1856 update_dir[] in all cases.
1858 * src/no_difference.c (No_Difference): The wrong RCS revision was
1859 being registered in certain (strange) cases.
1861 * src/patch.c (get_rcsdate): New algorithm. No need to call
1862 maketime() any longer.
1863 Thanks to Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> for this change.
1865 * src/patchlevel.h: Increased patch level to "2".
1867 * src/subr.c (isdir, islink): Changed to compare stat mode bits
1870 * src/tag.c (tag_file): Added support for following symbolic links
1871 that are in the master source repository when tagging. Made tag
1872 somewhat quieter in certain cases.
1874 * src/update.c (update_process_lists): Unlink the user's file if it
1875 was put on the Wlist, meaning that the user's file is not modified
1876 and its RCS file has been removed by someone else.
1878 * src/update.c (update): Support for "cvs update dir" to correctly
1879 just update the argument directory "dir".
1881 * src/cvs.h: Fixes for RCS 5.5 parsing.
1882 * src/version_number.c (Version_Number): Fixes for parsing RCS 5.5
1883 and older RCS-format files.
1884 Thanks to Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> for these changes.
1886 * src/version_number.c (Version_Number): Bug fixes for "-f" option.
1887 Bug fixes for parsing with certain branch numbers. RCS
1888 revision/symbol parsing is much more solid now.
1890 Wed Feb 14 10:01:33 1990 Brian Berliner (berliner at sun.com)
1892 * Changes from CVS 1.0 Patchlevel 0 to CVS 1.0 Patchlevel 1; also
1893 known as "Changes from CVS 1.0 to CVS 1.1".
1895 * src/patch.c (get_rcsdate): Portability fix. Replaced call to
1896 timelocal() with call to maketime().
1898 Mon Nov 19 23:15:11 1990 Brian Berliner (berliner at prisma.com)
1900 * Sent CVS 1.0 release to comp.sources.unix moderator and FSF.
1902 * Special thanks to Dick Grune <dick@cs.vu.nl> for his work on the
1903 1986 version of CVS and making it available to the world. Dick's
1904 version is available on uunet.uu.net in the
1905 comp.sources.unix/volume6/cvs directory.
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