[fpc-devel]bug in Changes.XXX file generation?

[Peter Vreman]

> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:31:29 +0200, Vincent Snijders wrote
>> I noticed that sometimes cvs-changes are not included in the
>> Changes.lazarus
>> file in fpc/logs.
>>
>> For example there was no entry for the adding of:
>> http://www.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/projects/lazarus/components/im
>> ages/imagesforlazarus.lpk
>>
>> There was no entry for this commit:
>> http://www.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/projects/lazarus/ideintf/helpi
>> ntf.pas.diff?r1=1.12&r2=1.13&sortby=date
>>
>> I might have something to do with new directories added.
>
> The detection of changes is based on the logs at the end of files, AFAIR,
> so
> changes in any files missing these logs are ignored. One more reason to
> make
> sure at least all source files contain this log...

The changelog is created using the tool cvs2cl. It uses the output of 'cvs
log' to create the files. You can download the tool yourself and test
whether it works correct.