Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:59:52 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding support for a global src tree serial number Message-ID: <79909.1012481992@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:43:45 %2B0200." <20020131144345.A73522@sunbay.com>
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:43:45 +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > Mirroring of CVS repositories with CVSup could be a problem here. > We'd need to somehow guarantee that src/SERIAL is consistent with > the rest of the checked out sources. What if the mirror site you > are "cvs updating" from is experiencing a CVSup latency, and some > checked out sources are still behind SERIAL? This is not an > unlikely thing to see. Well this is where my argument falls completely to the ground. [1] :-) I didn't realize that cvsup mirrors might offer me a src/bin that's newer than the src/sbin that it offers me (for example). If that's the case, then this is a bit of a lost cause. Ciao, Sheldon. [1] With apologies to Monty Python. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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