bug#488: marked as done (VC error: mark-resolved not implemented for CVS)

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has caused the Emacs bug report #488,
regarding VC error: mark-resolved not implemented for CVS
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> VC error: mark-resolved not implemented for CVS
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> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:36:45 -0400
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> Suppose a CVS file is not up to date.  Set debug-on-error to t.  Make an
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> C-x v v
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> Since the file is not up-to-date, this signals an error, as expected.
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> C-x v +
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> to pull in the conflicting changes.  This adds the usual <<< and >>>
> lines to the file.  After resolving the changes, try to check in the
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> C-x v v 
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> The result:
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> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Sorry, mark-resolved is not implemented 
> for CVS")
>   signal(error ("Sorry, mark-resolved is not implemented for CVS"))
>   error("Sorry, %s is not implemented for %s" mark-resolved CVS)
>   vc-call-backend(CVS mark-resolved ("/home/cyd/trunk/src/ChangeLog"))
>   vc-mark-resolved(CVS ("/home/cyd/trunk/src/ChangeLog"))
>   vc-next-action(nil)
>   call-interactively(vc-next-action nil nil)
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> Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:17:31 -0400
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> Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu> writes:
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> > Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
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> >   > > CVS is hardly alone.  In fact, it seems that no other back-end
> >   > > implements the mark-resolved action: I tried grepping for
> >   > > `mark-resolved' in the vc-*.el files and came up with nothing.
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> >   > There should be a (defalias 'vc-cvs-mark-resolved 'ignore)
> >   > Or maybe even (defalias 'vc-default-mark-resolved 'ignore).
> >   > But in any case, it seems like the mark-resolved thingy was not
> >   > fully implemented if none of the backends define it.
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> > Yep, a pointer to a relevant discussion: 
> > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/94816
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> I checked in a new function, vc-default-mark-resolved, into vc.el.  It
> does nothing except issue a message saying the conflict is resolved.
> Someone else can write the vc-*-mark-resolved functions at a later date;
> for now, at least `C-x v v' doesn't get stuck at the error.
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