Re: unexpected conflicts

[Derek R. Price]

I can duplicate this on Linux.  Haven't had time to look into it deeply yet.

Derek

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Martin Dorey wrote to info-cvs@gnu.org:

> Found this problem which happened at least in cvs-1.10.8 and cvs-1.11 on our
> x86 linux boxes:
>
> Put this file into your repository.
>  <<translated.cpp,v>>
> cvs update -r1.23 translated.cpp
> Manually remove the T1.23 from the end of the relevant CVS/Entries file.
> Patch translated.cpp with these changes:
> patch < my_changes.patch
>   <<my_changes.patch>>
> This (hopefully) sets up things as was my situation last night, before I
> did:
>
> cvs update translated.cpp
>
> Which produces:
>
> cvs update: Updating .
> RCS file: /home/martind/playpen/repo/translated.cpp,v
> retrieving revision 1.23
> retrieving revision 1.24
> Merging differences between 1.23 and 1.24 into translated.cpp
> rcsmerge: warning: conflicts during merge
> cvs update: conflicts found in translated.cpp
> C translated.cpp
>
> cvs diff -u translated.cpp
> then produces the following output showing that my one-line patch has
> allegedly conflicted with an unrelated change between 1.23 and 1.24:
>
> Index: translated.cpp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/martind/playpen/repo/translated.cpp,v
> retrieving revision 1.24
> diff -u -r1.24 translated.cpp
> --- translated.cpp      2001/01/25 20:14:35     1.24
> +++ translated.cpp      2001/01/26 10:25:16
> @@ -536,8 +536,18 @@
>  {
>  GTTUOnXTD_BZKTUZb_nbZBy      acI;
>  MTGTXM                       MtatRk = Zy;
> +<<<<<<< translated.cpp
>
> -
> +    MtatRk = ZreY_GttpfIRte_MtpeaL ( qjT_jfle_Uecopdk,
> qjT_jfle_Uecopd_BoRYt, HGTG_TvFD, KXbb, KXbb, &acI );
> +    fV ( MtatRk != Zy ) UDTXUK_DUUZU ( BGKT_ZFDK_qjT_HGTG );
> +=======
> +
> +>>>>>>> 1.24
> +
> +<<<<<<< translated.cpp
> +    MtatRk = MQfr_GttpfIRte_MtpeaL ( &acI, jfle_Uecopd_KRLIep *
> jfle_Uecopd_MfJe_fY_nEtek );
> +    OjZy MtatRk = Uead_GttpfIRte_MtpeaL ( &acI, jfle_Uecopd_MfJe_fY_nEtek,
> nRVVep );
> +=======
>      fV ( jfle_Uecopd_KRLIep < 16 )
>      {
>          MtatRk = Uead_Ktz_qjT_jfle_Uecopd ( jfle_Uecopd_KRLIep,
> (uofd*)nRVVep );
> @@ -546,13 +556,21 @@
>      {
>          MtatRk = ZreY_GttpfIRte_MtpeaL ( qjT_jfle_Uecopdk,
> qjT_jfle_Uecopd_BoRYt, HGTG_TvFD, KXbb, KXbb, &acI );
>          fV ( MtatRk != Zy ) UDTXUK_DUUZU ( BGKT_ZFDK_qjT_HGTG );
> +>>>>>>> 1.24
>
> +<<<<<<< translated.cpp
> +    Bloke_GttpfIRte_MtpeaL ( &acI );
> +=======
>          MtatRk = MQfr_GttpfIRte_MtpeaL ( &acI, jfle_Uecopd_KRLIep *
> jfle_Uecopd_MfJe_fY_nEtek );
>          OjZy MtatRk = Uead_GttpfIRte_MtpeaL ( &acI,
> jfle_Uecopd_MfJe_fY_nEtek, nRVVep );
> +>>>>>>> 1.24
>
> +<<<<<<< translated.cpp
> +=======
>          Bloke_GttpfIRte_MtpeaL ( &acI );
>      }
>
> +>>>>>>> 1.24
>      OjZy
>      {
>          MtatRk = BzecQ_jfle_Uecopd ( jfle_Uecopd_KRLIep,
> (jObD_UDBZUH*)nRVVep );
> @@ -780,7 +798,6 @@
>      HfkQipfte ( waYdle,                 /*  waYdle
> */
>                  waYdleFok,              /*  ZVVket VpoL ktapt oV dfkQ
> */
>                  (coYkt RfYt8*) nRVVep,  /*  nRVVep
> */
> -                0,                      /*  MRrepVlRoRk KfxoYfkL
> */
>                  beYgtz                  /*  nEtek to Apfte
> */
>                );
>
> diff3 seemed to get it right (in my limited understanding):
>
> cvs update -p -r 1.23 translated.cpp > 1.23
> cvs update -p -r 1.24 translated.cpp > 1.24
> rm translated.cpp
> cvs update -r 1.23 translated.cpp
> patch < my_changes.patch
> diff3 -A -m translated.cpp 1.23 1.24 > merged.cpp
> diff merged.cpp 1.24
>
> 782a783
> >                 0,                      /*  MRrepVlRoRk KfxoYfkL
> */
>
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>                        Name: translated.cpp,v
>    translated.cpp,v    Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream)
>                    Encoding: quoted-printable
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>                        Name: my_changes.patch
>    my_changes.patch    Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream)
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