[cvsnt] Re: uptodate checks failed

[Tony Hoyle]

teknokrat wrote:
> Every now again someone tries to commit files into cvs and gets an 
> uptodate check failed message. This is using eclipse. Usually, selecting 
> clean timestamps cures the problem. But why is it happening? Is this a 
> cvsnt or an eclipse issue. Is it a problem with peoples clocks? What 
> effect does clean timestamps have on version control?

It's not down to timestamps, but versions.  It means someone else has 
committed a version of a file and your copy is out of date.

It's always good practice to do an update before a commit (I tend to do 
update/compile/commit).

Tony