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From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org>
To: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: CVSup question
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 09:12:40 -0500
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On Sunday 06 January 2002 06:19 am, Nils Holland wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> well, I just ran CVSup via my modem connection, and unluckily, due to line
> conditions, my connection was dropped right in the middle of it. I then
> interrupted CVSup, re-dialed and started over again. Everything seemed to
> work fine, but I wonder if CVSup is actually capable of dealing well with
> such interruptions. I mean, is it possible that due to the dropped
> connection, some inconsistencies may have been created in my local sources,
> or will CVSup just have fixed anything that might have been wrong when I
> ran it the second time?

It should be fine; it's like "make" or "rsync" in that it checks to see what 
the current state is and then figures out what should be needed to bring 
everything up to date.

>
> Any hints are welcome.
>
> Greetings
> Nils

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