[darcs-users] Re: darcs diff and boring files

[David Roundy]

On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 10:04:26PM +0200, Peter Simons wrote:
> David Roundy writes:
> 
>  >> Files etc-old/X11/rstart/rstartd.real and etc-new/X11/rstart/rstartd.real differ
>  >> Skipping boring file X11/rstart/rstartd.real
>  >> peti:/etc# darcs whatsnew --look-for-adds
>  >> No changes!
> 
>  > Is X11/rstart/rstartd.real really in your repository?
> 
> Yes, it's a normal file, nothing fancy like a symlink or so.
> 
> > Also, is it a binary file (according to diff(1))?
> 
> Yes, the file is an ELF executable. I remember that I had it added to
> the repository (and recorded), but that it wasn't listed in "binaries"
> at the time. Darcs removed it once I added it to "boring", though.
> Maybe that mistake back then is causing the hick-up?

Well, it shouldn't have been removed when you added it to boring (unless
you explicitely removed it).  Can you check to see if it's in
_darcs/current?

Also, I'd like to know whether darcs check indicates that everything is
correct in the repo.
-- 
David Roundy
http://www.abridgegame.org