D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 January 2003 23:12, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net> writes:
> > > I'm not sure what is being asked for here.
> >
> > We'd like to put the typlen fix into the REL7_3_STABLE CVS branch.
> > Also any other post-7.3 fixes that you consider appropriate for 7.3.2
> > (ie, important, low-risk fixes).
>
> I also just fixed that file again. As someone else just pointed out, we need
> to return None instead of -1 there.
>
> > If you're not comfortable enough with CVS-munging to want to touch
> > branches other than HEAD, Bruce or I can handle it for you. Just let
> > us know exactly which changes should be back-patched.
>
> Sure. Just that one and the one I just made I think. Other things were
> mainly feature additions. If you can tell me what the process is or point me
> to the relevant docs I can do this myself in the future. I want to walk
> softly here because I know that different projects have different rules and
> methods for these sorts of things.
What I normally do is to do a separate checkout for the branch I want to
patch. In this case, a cvs log on /HISTORY shows it as:
REL7_3_STABLE: 1.182.0.2
You know it is a branch rather than a tag because it has four numbers.
(The developers FAQ has stuff on this.) I then make changes to that
CVS, and do a commit while sitting in that CVS tree. I applies the
changes against that branch only.
I usually get a cvs diff from the HEAD tree, and apply that patch file
against the branch. Let me know if you would like me to do it.
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