Re: commiting a sticky file

[sparkylee]

CORRECTION. i make a super simple repository to check out your
suggestions
and don't know 1st time, but this time it worked. i created the
branch, updated,
edited and committed with no problem.

i think my problem in the original for-real repository, is that i'm
trying to commit a sticky revision,
not a sticky branch.  over there i never did an update -r
<branchname>; i just
checked out what i thought was a branch, but was just a tag i guess.

argh!!!

i'm not even sure anymore what i did.
i'm lost.
here's the cvs status -v output for the real file that i'm trying to
commit (to the branch):
===================================================================
File: RCP.iap_xml       Status: Locally Modified

   Working revision:    1.6.2.1
   Repository revision: 1.6.2.1 /home/cvs/repository/rcp/tools/
install_anywhere/conf/RCP.iap_xml,v
   Commit Identifier:   veSNKconrX7O6oSt
   Sticky Tag:          RCP_5_0_2 (revision: 1.6.2.1)
   Sticky Date:         (none)
   Sticky Options:      (none)

   Existing Tags:
        RCP_5_0_2                       (revision: 1.6.2.1)
        RCP_5_0_1                       (revision: 1.6.2.1)
        RCP_6_0_CVN                     (revision: 1.9)
        RCP_5_0                         (revision: 1.6)
        RCP_4_9_2                       (revision: 1.5)
        RCP_4_9_1                       (revision: 1.4)
        RCP_4_9_0                       (revision: 1.4)


yeah, under Existing Tags:   there isn't a branch.

so how about if i check out the RCP_5_0_2 tag,
then:
$ cvs tag -r RCP_5_0_2 -b RCP_5_0_2

and then
$cvs up -r RCP_5_0_2

then edit and commit files from there?

lee