Re: RCS/CVS keywords ($Id$, $Header$, $OpenBSD$ etc)

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

On Jan 1, 2014, at 4:35 AM, Denis Ovsienko <infrastation () yandex ru> wrote:

> there are lines in the tcpdump source code that served a purpose with CVS and its keywords expansion feature but 
> don't do any more with git. It is around 4 years since the CVS/git migration and perhaps it is the time to remove 
> most of the markers.
>
> It seems to be OK to just remove the lines that essentially state "this file is a part of the tcpdump source tree and 
> is original to it", for example:
>
> #ifndef lint
> static const char rcsid[] _U_ =
>    "@(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/tcpdump/print-ospf.c,v 1.66 2007-10-08 07:53:21 hannes Exp $ (LBL)";
> #endif
>
> Please note that no such ID dates any later than end of 2008.

The tcpdump/libpcap RCS/CVS IDs serve no purpose now that libpcap and tcpdump are kept in Git, as far as I can see.

> That said, I see sense in preserving/converting the IDs that indicate the origin/relation of the source code, for 
> example:
>
> /*   $NetBSD: print-ah.c,v 1.4 1996/05/20 00:41:16 fvdl Exp $        */

Yes, those might be worth preserving.

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