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Date:      Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:55:41 +0100
From:      Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>
To:        Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>
Cc:        John Kennedy <jk@jk.homeunix.net>
Subject:   CVS filling /tmp (was Re: FreeBSD CVS Question (answered!))
Message-ID:  <20040114065541.GE39353@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
In-Reply-To: <p0602046fbc2a4a50e4dd@[128.113.24.47]>
References:  <20040112132544.D54803@pooker.samsco.home> <20040113225632.GA80120@memnoch.jk.homeunix.net> <200401140029.27160.max@love2party.net> <20040114004632.GB80120@memnoch.jk.homeunix.net> <p0602046fbc2a4a50e4dd@[128.113.24.47]>

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On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 08:30:32PM -0500, Garance A Drosihn wrote:
> The problem is how CVS itself works
> with a remote repository.  If you're on machine A, and the
> repository is on machine B, then CVS will build a lot of
> information in /tmp on machine B when machine 'A' does a
> cvs-checkout of the entire tree.  The issue is the same if
> you do that over 'rsh' instead of 'ssh'.  I do not mind the
> overhead from encrypting the connection.

I have seen this too, and sometimes this has prevented me from checking
out RELENG_4 or some such from a machine with a swap backed /tmp. Is
there *any* workaround other than using cvsup? Is there a logical explanati=
on
for this or is it just an unfixed bug in CVS?

--Stijn

--=20
Tact, n.:
	The unsaid part of what you're thinking.

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