Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 23:00:56 +0100 From: des@ofug.org (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: making CVS more convenient Message-ID: <xzpel57q8dj.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <20030316214841.GJ66903@perrin.int.nxad.com> (Sean Chittenden's message of "Sun, 16 Mar 2003 13:48:41 -0800") References: <3E73DCF7.80490FA6@bellatlantic.net> <15988.49648.483313.383942@emerger.yogotech.com> <3E74CC37.DF83EE46@bellatlantic.net> <15988.52765.777500.37926@emerger.yogotech.com> <20030316195807.GH66903@perrin.int.nxad.com> <xzpk7ezq92p.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030316214841.GJ66903@perrin.int.nxad.com>
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Sean Chittenden <sean@chittenden.org> writes: > > With the -s option, cvsup will not touch files that it believes are > > in sync until they are updated on the server. > ^^^ > not ? no, not "not". "cvsup will not touch files that it believes are in sync", the operative word here being "believes" - with -s cvsup will use the checkout list and won't even look at the actual file unless the server says it has a newer version than what is listed in the checkout list. > -s is a bit dicey to trust unless you grab an exclusive lock on the > file and prevent other people from making a change to the file on the > server. -sc You actually *want* the -s induced failure in this case. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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