From owner-freebsd-arch Thu Jan 31 4:57: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from axl.seasidesoftware.co.za (axl.seasidesoftware.co.za [196.31.7.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4F7837B402; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 04:56:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.seasidesoftware.co.za) by axl.seasidesoftware.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16WGoi-000Kms-00; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:59:52 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Ruslan Ermilov Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding support for a global src tree serial number In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:43:45 +0200." <20020131144345.A73522@sunbay.com> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:59:52 +0200 Message-ID: <79909.1012481992@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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