RE: bug having success removing file with sticky tag set?

[Martin Huber]

I see.
So it would be interesting to know what other 
would expect. And probably the best behaviour
is that that is most expected.
Martin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Jones [mailto:lawrence.jones@eds.com]
> Sent: Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2002 17:19
> To: Martin Huber
> Cc: bug-cvs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: bug having success removing file with sticky tag set?
> 
> 
> Martin Huber writes:
> > 
> > I checkout a directory using sticky tag "foo".
> > If I try to add a file in the directory
> > or try to commit a modified file the
> > error message says "cannot commit file
> > on non branch tag foo".
> > This is the behaviour I expect.
> > 
> > But when I remove the file bar.c (that
> > also has the sticky tag "foo") and
> > commit it, the result code is 0, and
> > what happens is that in the repository
> > the tag on that file is removed.
> > This is not what I expect.
> 
> That behavior is quite deliberate, not an accident or a bug.  Whether
> it's really a good idea or not is a discussion I'm willing to entertain.
> 
> -Larry Jones
> 
> I wonder what's on TV now. -- Calvin
>