[Python-Dev] newimp.py

[Charles G Waldman]

Skip Montanaro writes:

 > Try deleting /usr/lib/python2.0/newimp.py, then do a re-install.  (Actually,
 > perhaps you should delete *.py in that directory and selectively delete
 > subdirectories as well.)  I don't see newimp.py anywhere in the 2.0b1 tree.

Something is really screwed up with CVS, or my understanding of it.
Look at this transcript:

buffalo:Lib$ pwd
/usr/local/src/Python-CVS/python/dist/src/Lib

buffalo:Lib$ rm newimp.py                                                      

buffalo:Lib$ cvs status newimp.py                                              
===================================================================
File: no file newimp.py         Status: Needs Checkout

   Working revision:    1.7
   Repository revision: 1.7     /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/Attic/newimp.py,v
   Sticky Tag:          (none)
   Sticky Date:         (none)
   Sticky Options:      (none)

buffalo:Lib$ cvs update -dAP                                                   
cvs server: Updating .
U newimp.py
<rest of update output omitted>

buffalo:Lib$ ls -l newimp.py                                                   
-rwxr-xr-x   1 cgw      g023        54767 Sep  6 12:50 newimp.py

buffalo:Lib$ cvs status newimp.py 
===================================================================
File: newimp.py         Status: Up-to-date

   Working revision:    1.7
   Repository revision: 1.7     /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/Attic/newimp.py,v
   Sticky Tag:          (none)
   Sticky Date:         (none)
   Sticky Options:      (none)

If I edit the CVS/Entries file and remove "newimp.py" from there, the
problem goes away.  But I work with many CVS repositories, and the
Python repository at SourceForge is the only one that forces me to
manually edit the Entries file.  You're really not supposed to need to
do that!

I'm running CVS version 1.10.6.  I think 1.10.6 is supposed to be a
"good" version to use.  What are other people using?  Does everybody
just go around editing CVS/Entries whenever files are removed from the
repository?  What am I doing wrong?  I'm starting to get a little
annoyed by the SourceForge CVS server.  Is it just me?