Re: [viewvc-users] DeprecationWarning when rebuilding database

Simon Cevc wrote:
> Yes, that is true (and very strange). This is the content of the tags:
> 
> head	1.1;
> access;
> symbols
> 	EPv1_0_6:1.1
> 	EPv1_0_5:1.1
> 	EPv1_0_4:1.1
> 	EPv1_0_3:1.1
> 	EPv1_0_1:1.1
> 	test:1.1
> 	EPv1_0_2:*;
> locks; strict;
> comment	@# @;
> 
> The last one has an asterisk. This tag is my application version and was
> added in a single step on the complete directory using TortoiseCVS. Other
> files in that same directory have a normal revision number after the
> EPv1_0_2 tag (i.e.: EPv1_0_2:1.2).
> 
> The repository is a copy of a CVS repository (CVS version 1.12.9) thas is
> running on a linux machine (Suse 9.2). On that same machine, I have a
> VIEWCVS 0.9.3 (Python 2.3.4) which seems to go over this anomaly.
> 
> Is there a way to disable transfering tags to the database? I don't
> really need them there.

I've seen this behavior before (the use of an asterisk) -- I just can't find
any web references to support its legitimacy.  I agree that ViewVC should
probably just deal with the anomaly by gracefully ignoring it.  (I notice
that cvs2svn does this, too.)

-- 
C. Michael Pilato <[email protected]>
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