Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 13:30:11 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: -R for make update ? Message-ID: <20010521133011.A13782@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20010521194828.A789@freebie.demon.nl>; from "Wilko Bulte" on Mon May 21 19:48:28 GMT 2001 References: <20010521194828.A789@freebie.demon.nl>
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In the last episode (May 21), Wilko Bulte said:
> Is there any specific reason why one needs to be able to write a lock
> to the CVS repo when running 'make update' to get a freshly checked
> out source?
> The Makefile.inc1 has:
>
> .if defined(CVS_UPDATE)
> cd ${.CURDIR}; cvs -q update -A -P -d
> .endif
>
> In other words, would adding '-R' hurt?
If you are accessing a local CVS repo that you have updated via cvsup,
no. But if you are accessing something on freefall directly, I think
you need the locking just in case someone is committing at the same
time.
--
Dan Nelson
dnelson@emsphone.com
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