"Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file"

[Victor Sudakov]

Peter Jeremy wrote:
> 
> >So, branching a native CVS repo would still produce a massive change
> >and download of RCS files by cvsup?
> 
> Yes - because the RCS file includes all the metadata - ie tags.  This
> is very visible when (eg) the ports tree is tagged.  

Then I fail to understand the difference between the effects of native CVS
branching and SVN branching with subsequent export into CVS, from the point of
view of cvsup:

> > > SVN metadata changes will appear in CVS as version changes only.  The
> > > most obvious/common case is branching - branching a native CVS repo
> > > just adds the branch tags.  Branching a SVN repo replicates the tree
> > > and the SVN->CVS exporter turns the branch into a commit that touches
> > > each affected file.

In both cases, the affected files are touched, changed and downloaded by
cvsup, i.e. we have a massive download of all files after branching.

But to hell with this. I started the topic because I think something
is wrong with SVN to CVS export, which upsets cvsup and causes
"Checksum mismatch" errors.  Is anybody willing to look at it?

-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
sip:sudakov at sibptus.tomsk.ru