Most files in subversion stable/8/sys touched by bms

Dimitry Andric dimitry at andric.com
Fri Nov 20 15:56:45 UTC 2009


On 2009-11-20 15:44, Larry Baird wrote:
> I use the following to get a feel of what is changing in FreeBSD 8 kernel.
>     http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/stable/8/sys/?sortby=date
> 
> Normally only a few directories show modification.  Today, almost
> every directory show a modification by bms:
>     MFC r199522..199528: Pullup IPv6 mcast SSM KPI fixes from HEAD, including fix .
> 
> So I decided to see what the changes are.  Every file I have so far checked
> shows no changes.  
>     http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base/stable/8/sys/sys/cons.h?r1=196045&r2=199578&sortby=date
> 
> Any idea why so many files claim to have been touched?

Usually this is mergeinfo propagated by Subversion.  The files' contents
did not change, but its metadata (Subversion properties) did.


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