As there was adequate information in the original report to test this for yourself, I'm not sure why you're asking for more information, but just to illustrate...
$ date Wed Sep 28 03:17:33 UTC 2011 $ mkdir cvs-example $ cvs -d ~/cvs-example init $ mkdir -p foo/bar/qux $ touch foo/bar/baz.c foo/bar/qux/quux.c $ (cd foo && cvs -d ~/cvs-example import -m "test modules" foo VENDOR RELEASE) N foo/bar/baz.c N foo/bar/qux/quux.c No conflicts created by this import $ rm -r foo $ cvs -d ~/cvs-example checkout CVSROOT U CVSROOT/checkoutlist U CVSROOT/commitinfo U CVSROOT/config U CVSROOT/cvswrappers U CVSROOT/loginfo U CVSROOT/modules U CVSROOT/notify U CVSROOT/postadmin U CVSROOT/postproxy U CVSROOT/posttag U CVSROOT/postwatch U CVSROOT/preproxy U CVSROOT/rcsinfo U CVSROOT/taginfo U CVSROOT/verifymsg $ echo 'bar_base -l -d bar foo/bar' >> CVSROOT/modules $ (cd CVSROOT && cvs commit -m "added bar_base module") /home/jamie/cvs-example/CVSROOT/modules,v <-- modules new revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1 cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database $ cvs -d ~/cvs-example rtag wang bar_base $ grep -r wang ~/cvs-example/foo /home/jamie/cvs-example/foo/bar/baz.c,v: wang:1.1.1.1 $ date Wed Sep 28 03:22:06 UTC 2011 So apparantly, at some point in the last 10 years, this bug was fixed, if it hadn't been the tag would have shown up in quux.c,v too. I tested against both 1:1.12.13-12 (squeeze) and 2:1.12.13+real-6 (sid). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org