Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1997 00:25:20 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.DIALix.COM> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: warning to cvsup users in "checkout mode" Message-ID: <199703021625.AAA26272@spinner.DIALix.COM>
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People that are using cvsup to generate a "checked out" source tree without a local repository are going to see some pretty scarey looking warnings next time they update. Assuming that all the preperation has gone right, it should resort to fetching the entire file rather than completely bomb out. Apart from the fact that it is resending the file, it should be relatively harmless. (What happened? A long delayed "cleanup" of the cvs tree finally happened over the last 12 hours or so. Most of the things from my "must fix" list are done, except for two kernel files. The errors are caused by cvsupd's inability to generate a diff to get from the old (no longer existing) head revision to the new head revision. This mostly affects src/contrib and src/ sys/netinet) However, the checkout mode fallback code is known to trigger a cvsupd bug on the server for older cvsup clients. It's important that the cvsup mirrors are running cvsupd 14.1.1, because 14.1 will core dump and abort the connection when a client triggers the bug. If one of the mirror sites starts aborting connections on you consistantly, the odds are that the site maintainer didn't heed the warnings on the hubs mailing list that they are supposed to be subscribed to. Naturally, this was timed to coincide with John Polstra going on holiday.. :-] Cheers, -Peter aka "Mission control: we've just had an 8.6 quake in the cvs repository..."
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