On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 04:31:14PM -0700, netbsd99@sudog.com wrote:
> 
> Please see:
> http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/usr.bin/sed/
> 
> Now take a peek in the Attic.
> 
> Notice there are two Makefiles--one in the normal sed/ and one sitting 
> in the Attic. When a new version is added to CVS, doesn't it resurrect 
> the file from the Attic and begin adding new revisions to that 
> resurrected file?
> 
> How might this state come to exist? Did an older version of CVS not 
> resurrect files from the Attic?

Could be that the cvsweb box rsync's or updates from cvs, but does not
do an explicit delete?

Best wishes,
Chris