Re: [Codestriker-user] obscure bug in codestriker

[David S. <si...@us...>]

Hi Dave,

Can you send me the problematic diff file as an attachment to me?  The 
problem will be in Codestriker::FileParser::CvsUnidiff.pm, which is where 
the parsing of diff files occurs.  Thanks.

Cheers,
David

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:40, Clendenan, Dave wrote:
> I'm using 'cvs rdiff -D ...' to generate diffs in my scheduled review
> generation, and I've come across an odd bug.
>
> Yesterday I removed two binary files (libraries) from a directory, and
> added a text placeholder.  Rdiff -D gives the initial rev as /dev/null
> for the text file, since it didn't exist on the start date.  Using the
> file generated this way gives a review of the diff file literally,
> instead of the files it contains.
>
> If the new file is the only one in the topic file I upload, it works
> fine, if there are files after it, it breaks.
>
> has anyone seen behaviour like this before?
>
> Any idea where I should look to fix it?
>
> thanks
>
> Dave
>
>
> ----
> diff command used:
> cvs -d :pserver:dave_clendenan@MyCvsServer:/usr/local/CVS rdiff -u  -D
> "28 Oct 2004 23:59" -D "29 Oct 2004 23:59" MODULE/path/to/file/ >
> striker_bug2.txt
>
> ---
> result file:
>
> Index: MODULE/path/to/file/placeholder.txt
> diff -u /dev/null MODULE/path/to/file/placeholder.txt:1.1
> --- /dev/null	Sat Oct 30 12:00:48 2004
> +++ MODULE/path/to/file/placeholder.txt	Fri Oct 29 16:01:37 2004
> @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> +hi
> +
> Index: MODULE/path/to/file/rvh323Logs_40.a
> Index: MODULE/path/to/file/rvh323_40.a
>
>
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Cheers,
David