[p4] normdir ???

[Tony Sweeney]

Roy Smith wrote:
> By default, the "normdir" option is set in new client specs.  Why?   
> This seems counter-intuitive.  Is there some non-obvious problem I'm  
> going to encounter if I set "rmdir" on all my clients?
>   
Consider the case where you sync some source to a directory and run a 
build that leaves derived objects such as .o or .class files laying 
around.  Now sync the #0 revision of all the files that came from 
Perforce.  What should Perforce do with the directory?  The derived objects?

Tony.
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