| Subject: | Format string changes with newer CVS (1.12.6+) |
activitymail breaks with recent versions (1.12.6+) of CVS that have UseNewInfoFmtStrings set to 'yes' in the CVSROOT config file -- the default for newer installations (including Debian sarge, for example). In brief, the way %{sVv} is now expanded in the commitinfo file seems to make activitymail dump a usage message and bail.
For an overview of the changes, see: https://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.12.12/cvs_18.html#SEC188
A simple work-around is to add a '1' (numeral one) after the percent sign in the -f argument, enabling the old-style expansion. Documentation patch attached.
Regards,
Chad
--- activitymail.orig 2005-02-10 22:44:13.000000000 -0330
+++ activitymail 2005-07-06 12:21:28.000000000 -0230
@@ -1313,6 +1313,14 @@
actually have their diff header file names with underscores substituted for
spaces.
+Recent versions of CVS (1.12.6 and newer) use a different style of format
+strings if C<UseNewInfoFmtStrings> is set to 'yes' in the CVSROOT F<config>
+file (which may be the default for some installations). In that case, you
+should write C<%1{sVv}> for activitymail's -f argument (i.e., add a numeral
+one after the percent sign) to enable the old-style format strings it expects.
+Note that you may receive deprecation warnings from CVS on check-in when using
+this method.
+
=head1 TO DO
=over 4