cvs checkout

[irina sturm]

Hi,

I've noticed the following behaviour
on the "cvs co" command and I would
like to know if this is normal, and why.

I have the following situation in the
repository:

        -----
       | 1.1 | Tagged with Head_vers_1_1
        -----
          |
           ----> Branch br_1

There is, an initial version of all the
files which have been tagged with 
Head_vers_1_1, and a branch on which some
developments have been made (and some
successive versions 1.1.2.1, 1.1.2.2, ...
are already available).

When I execute "cvs co" on all the repository,
I get the version on the main trunk, but
the tag Head_vers_1_1 is not available
(accessible to further cvs commands); moreover,
when I then have a look with "cvs status" 
the tag appears in the list of existing 
tags and not as a sticky tag.

If I then do "cvs co -r Head_vers_1_1",
everything works fine: the tag Head_vers_1_1
is recognized, and "cvs status" prints
it as a sticky tag.

My questions then are the following:
- is that normal that tag Head_vers_1_1
is sticky?
- is that normal that "cvs co" is equivalent
with "cvs co -A"? (I would have expected
that "cvs co" gets the final version on
the trunk, with all the associated tags).

The branch br_1 has been created after
the 1.1 on the main trunk has been tagged
with Head_vers_1_1, and further developments
on the branch have created new files that
were not initially in the repository. Can
this be the reason why tag Head_vers_1_1 
has become sticky? 
(the question why "cvs co" <=> "cvs co -A"
remains still open even in this case)

Thanks a lot again for any suggestion,
Irina.  

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