Re: [Plib-devel] UL directory.

[Curt <cu...@in...>]

Steve Baker writes:
> Well, I've tried absolutely everything and I can't get CVS to
> get rid of that 'UL' directory.  The problem seems to be
> that whenever I try to touch it, CVS converts case on me
> and refuses to find it.
>
> I think it needs to be removed from a PC running Windoze
> just as it was created.
>
> I'm reading "Lord of the Rings" to my son right now - and
> after an hour struggling with trying to delete this
> damned directory, I'm beginning to think that it needs to
> be 'unmade' by it's creator. Thinking perhaps of asking
> Dave if he wouldn't mind trotting off to Mordor and tossing
> it into the Crack of Doom for me.  :-)
>
> Meanwhile - in the interests of getting on with life,
> I've created a new directory called 'util', moved
> all of UL's files there and adjusted the Makefile's
> accordingly.
>
> Could someone please check all this out and confirm that
> it all still works....thanks.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it is my understanding that it is
impossible to delete a directory from CVS once it has been created.
Otherwise, how could you reliably go back and recreate an older
version.  If entire directories along with their CVS source files are
gone, there would be no way to check out a complete version of the
code as of sometime when the directory did exist.

As far as I know, CVS provides no commands or options to remove a
directory.

Steve: this is the main reason why I have avoided moving my cvs stuff
to sourceforge.  I often find myself wanting to rename, or remove
directories.  Having local control of the repository allows me to
actually go in and use unix commands to physically remove an old
unwanted directory and its contents.

My guess is that this is going to require sourceforge admin
intervention.

Curt.
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