Subject: Re: Use of .a as a source file extension causes cvs import issues
To: None <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 10/10/2007 19:30:21
In article <20071010180928.GA593@panix.com>,
Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com> wrote:
>We have a file with extension .a in our source tree, "bin/csh/USD.doc/csh.a".
>This clashes with cvs import's default ignore list and will cause trouble
>for those importing NetBSD into their own repositories.
>
>Should we change the extension on this file? I'm not sure what .a is
>meant to signify in any case.
>
>--
> Thor Lancelot Simon tls@rek.tjls.com
>
> "The inconsistency is startling, though admittedly, if consistency is to
> be abandoned or transcended, there is no problem." - Noam Chomsky
go for it.
christos