Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] why is wiretap/Makefile in CVS?

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:31:43 -0600 (CST)
On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Jeff Morriss wrote:

> Every time I forget to do a "make distclean" before "cvs update", CVS 
> tells me that "wiretap/Makefile" is in the way and to move it away.
> 
> Also, if I diff the whole wiretap directory, it diffs the Makefile as 
> well as the files that have actually changed.
> 
> Any reason why?  (I suppose there is;  I guess the real question is can 
> it be fixed?)
> 
> Also note that the file does not show up in the list when I go in 
> through ViewCVS:
> 
> http://www.ethereal.com/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ethereal/wiretap/

wiretap/Makefile used to be in CVS.  It was deleted a while back and now
resides in the "Attic."  If you open up wiretap/CVS/Entries with a text
editor, is Makefile listed?  If so you might try deleting that line
(although you may want to create a backup copy of the Entries file first).