[cvsnt] Using state of revision in update command

[Tony Hoyle]

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 13:53:34 +0100, "Oliver Giesen" <ogware at gmx.net>
wrote:

>> I wasn't even aware there was a different state setting... cvs doesn't use
>> or read the state, it just displays it occasionally.
>
>I don't think that could be right. E.g. setting the state of a revision to
>"dead" definitely HAS an effect beyond pure cosmetics...
>

OK 'dead', maybe, but that's pretty much all the state that cvs
understands (actually cvs doesn't understand that, it just tells the
RCS code to delete the revision).

Tony