You are correct, Samuel.

       P file    The file has been patched to be in sync with the
                 version in the repository.  Only a diff has been
                 applied, in contrast to U, where the whole  file
                 is fetched.

Regards
Nigel

On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 07:16:11PM +0200, Samuel Hornus[Isobel] wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> 
> > When I did a cvs update in /usr/src/usr.sbin/lpr/ I received:
> >
> > P common_source/common.c
> > P lpd/lpd.8
> >
> > But my CVS manual page only gives details on th characters `U A R M C ?'.
> >
> > What does the "P" indicate?
> 
> In the 'update' section of the cvs man page, it is said
> that P means the file has been Patched to the new version.
> PS: I haven't the man page righ under the eyes, can someone confirm that ?
> PPS: It's strange for me to read such a question since I have loads of
> 
> P path/to/file
> 
> when I start a 'cvs update -dP' in /usr/src.
> Perhaps did I misunderstand the question ?
> 
> -- 
> Samuel.
> 

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