>Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 14:19:08 -0400 (EDT)
>From: codewarrior@daemon.org (Andrew Brown)
>
>sanity check please: i can bring my source tree up to date (no direct
>net access) by looking at all the -current mail that i have with the
>subject line "daily CVS update output", taking all the "U" (updated)
>and "N" (new?) lines as updates (ie, files that have been updated) and
>making myself a tarball out of it, yes?

This is a bit risky, but I suppose it's better than nothing.

>how are deleted files tagged in these messages?  "D"?  "R"?

"$FOO is (no longer) pertinent"

>what are the lines tagged with "?" for?

Those are files that CVS finds in the checkout area but has been told
to ignore, IIRC.
-- 
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"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands,
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