From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun May 17 20:15:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA19375 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 17 May 1998 20:15:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles241.castles.com [208.214.165.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA19101 for ; Sun, 17 May 1998 20:13:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA05964; Sun, 17 May 1998 19:10:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805180210.TAA05964@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: John Polstra cc: Mike Smith , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nfs exported FreeBSD cvs repository, mounted on client, update problems In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 17 May 1998 15:08:54 PDT." <199805172208.PAA07702@austin.polstra.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 19:10:01 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > > cvs -R > > > > > > > > Naturally, avoid doing this while CVSup is running. > > > > > > CVSup neither creates locks nor pays any attention to them. > > > > Exactly. > > I figured you knew all about that. But I wanted to make sure folks > realized that the "-R" flag to CVS doesn't make any difference as far > as CVSup is concerned. In general, it's best to avoid CVS operations > while CVSup is updating the repository. CVSup is careful to update > each individual file atomically. But that's not always enough, e.g., > if you're trying to do a commit on the client side at the same time. That was what I meant to infer, but you're right, more verbiage would have been better. How difficult would it be for CVSup to lock the entire repository while it's running? Is it worth the effort? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message