===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/cvs/rcsnum.c,v
retrieving revision 1.52
retrieving revision 1.53
diff -u -r1.52 -r1.53
--- src/usr.bin/cvs/rcsnum.c	2008/03/01 20:03:56	1.52
+++ src/usr.bin/cvs/rcsnum.c	2008/05/22 07:03:02	1.53
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: rcsnum.c,v 1.52 2008/03/01 20:03:56 joris Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: rcsnum.c,v 1.53 2008/05/22 07:03:02 joris Exp $	*/
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2004 Jean-Francois Brousseau <jfb@openbsd.org>
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@
  * Compare the two numbers <n1> and <n2>. Returns -1 if <n1> is larger than
  * <n2>, 0 if they are both the same, and 1 if <n2> is larger than <n1>.
  * The <depth> argument specifies how many numbers deep should be checked for
- * the result.  A value of 0 means that the depth will be the minimum of the
- * two numbers.
+ * the result.  A value of 0 means that the depth will be the maximum of the
+ * two numbers, so that a longer number is considered greater than a shorter
+ * number if they are equal up to the minimum length.
  */
 int
 rcsnum_cmp(RCSNUM *n1, RCSNUM *n2, u_int depth)
@@ -205,7 +206,12 @@
 			return (-1);
 	}
 
-	if (n1->rn_len > n2->rn_len)
+	/* If an explicit depth was specified, and we've
+	 * already checked up to depth, consider the
+	 * revision numbers equal. */
+	if (depth != 0 && slen == depth)
+		return (0);
+	else if (n1->rn_len > n2->rn_len)
 		return (-1);
 	else if (n2->rn_len > n1->rn_len)
 		return (1);