[Savannah-hackers] [support #103002] can't remove files starting with - from cvs

[Sylvain Beucler]

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We have a policy to use Debian stable, so no upgrade to 1.12. Moreover, it 
seems this does not interest anybody eventually.






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URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?func=detailitem&item_id=103002>
Project: Savannah Administration
Submitted by: 0
On: Tue 04/13/04 at 00:44

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Priority:  5 - Normal
Severity:  3 - Ordinary
Resolution:  None
Assigned to:  Beuc
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Status:  Closed


Summary:  can't remove files starting with - from cvs

Original Submission:  In /webcvs/texinfo, I needed to remove some files 
starting with a hyphen after my recent release.  One such:
/webcvs/texinfo/texinfo/manual/info-stnd/html_node/--apropos.html

Although cvs rm works to mark the file for deletion, cvs commit reports various 
error messages when I try to actually do it.  I tried many methods, for example:
$ cvs com -m. -- --apropos.html
cvs server: invalid option -- -
<usage msg>
$ cvs com -m. ./--apropos.html
cvs server: invalid option -- -
<usage msg>

In talking about this with Jim Meyering, he found that with a more recent 
version of cvs than the 1.11.1p1 currently running on savannah, it worked fine. 
 He tried both 1.12.5 and 1.12.6.

Any information, advice, or upgrades gratefully received :).

Thanks,
Karl


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Date: Wed 05/19/04 at 16:38         By: Beuc
We have a policy to use Debian stable, so no upgrade to 1.12. Moreover, it 
seems this does not interest anybody eventually.

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Date: Tue 04/13/04 at 21:01         By: Beuc
Hello,

I will check with the sysadmins whether we can upgrade our CVS server. By the 
way, does a 'cvs commit' without specified filename work?












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