CVSTAG

[Paul Howarth]

SmootherFrOgZ wrote:
> 2007/2/21, Christopher Stone <chris.stone at gmail.com>:
>>
>> On 2/20/07, Denis Leroy <denis at poolshark.org> wrote:
>> > SmootherFrOgZ wrote:
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > Is there someone can know how to untag a branch to "make build" for
>> > > another one.
>> > >
>> > > i "make tag" for Devel branch to build.
>> > > Now i'm unable to tag another branch such as FC-6
>> > > here is the following error:
>> > >
>> > > ERROR: The tag ntfs-config-0_5_4-4_fc6 is already applied on a
>> different
>> > > branch
>> > > ERROR: You can not forcibly move tags between branches
>> >
>> > Looks like something went haywire. Make sure to always do a 'cvs 
>> update'
>> > before working on things, including the common directory.
>> >
>> > In your case, you need to use the force tag option, like this:
>> >
>> > make tag TAG_OPTS=-F
>>
>> This error also occurs when using cvs-import.sh --branch
>>
>> tried with your command, same thing:
> 
> cvs tag -F -c ntfs-config-0_5_4-4_fc6
> Enter passphrase for key '/home/lxtnow/.ssh/id_dsa':
> ERROR: The tag ntfs-config-0_5_4-4_fc6 is already applied on a different
> branch
> ERROR: You can not forcibly move tags between branches
> cvs tag: Pre-tag check failed
> cvs [tag aborted]: correct the above errors first!
> make: *** [tag] Error 1
> 
> i'm working to resolve this error.

Just bump the release number in the spec up, commit and re-tag. Repeat 
for all later Fedora releases to avoid having a later version in FC6 
than Rawhide for instance.

Paul.