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Keith D. Zimmerman wrote: > Not actually sure... I'm the admin, one of the users who stores > non-source type files in cvs has requested this. I guess I could tell > him just to do checkout every time? I doubt he would like that. IIRC, would have to erase his working copy every time, because a checkout over an existing working dir is effectively an update. Perhaps you could get him to give more details on what he is trying to achieve? Max. > -----Original Message----- > From: Max Bowsher [mailto:maxb at ukf.net] > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 9:46 AM > To: Keith D. Zimmerman; cvsnt at cvsnt.org cvsnt downloads at march-hare.com @CVSNT on Twitter CVSNT on Facebook > Subject: Re: [cvsnt] Update and file dates > > > Keith D. Zimmerman wrote: >> When checking out from the repository, the file dates/times match the >> latest modified date/time in the repository. When doing cvs update, >> however, the file date/time matches the time when the update command was >> run. Is there a way to make update work the same as checkout in regards >> to dates? > > The reason for the behaviour you mention above is to ensure 'make' can > correctly determine to remake files dependent on those that got "cvs > update"-ed. > > AFAIK, there is no way to make update behave like checkout in this > respect. > > Why do you want it to? > > > Max.