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Re: RCS/CVS keywords ($Id$, $Header$, $OpenBSD$ etc)
From: Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2014 11:34:27 -0800
On Jan 1, 2014, at 4:35 AM, Denis Ovsienko <infrastation () yandex ru> wrote:
there are lines in the tcpdump source code that served a purpose with CVS and its keywords expansion feature but don't do any more with git. It is around 4 years since the CVS/git migration and perhaps it is the time to remove most of the markers. It seems to be OK to just remove the lines that essentially state "this file is a part of the tcpdump source tree and is original to it", for example: #ifndef lint static const char rcsid[] _U_ = "@(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/tcpdump/print-ospf.c,v 1.66 2007-10-08 07:53:21 hannes Exp $ (LBL)"; #endif Please note that no such ID dates any later than end of 2008.
The tcpdump/libpcap RCS/CVS IDs serve no purpose now that libpcap and tcpdump are kept in Git, as far as I can see.
That said, I see sense in preserving/converting the IDs that indicate the origin/relation of the source code, for example: /* $NetBSD: print-ah.c,v 1.4 1996/05/20 00:41:16 fvdl Exp $ */
Yes, those might be worth preserving. _______________________________________________ tcpdump-workers mailing list tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org https://lists.sandelman.ca/mailman/listinfo/tcpdump-workers
Current thread:
- RCS/CVS keywords ($Id$, $Header$, $OpenBSD$ etc) Denis Ovsienko (Jan 01)
- Re: RCS/CVS keywords ($Id$, $Header$, $OpenBSD$ etc) Guy Harris (Jan 01)
- Re: [tcpdump-workers] RCS/CVS keywords ($Id$, $Header$, $OpenBSD$ etc) Gisle Vanem (Jan 02)
- Re: RCS/CVS keywords ($Id$, $Header$, $OpenBSD$ etc) Michael Richardson (Jan 01)
- Re: RCS/CVS keywords ($Id$, $Header$, $OpenBSD$ etc) Denis Ovsienko (Jan 02)
- Re: RCS/CVS keywords ($Id$, $Header$, $OpenBSD$ etc) Guy Harris (Jan 01)