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Date:      Tue, 22 May 2001 12:59:19 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: -R for make update ?
Message-ID:  <20010522125919.D27648@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <3B0A46CF.9D0CB622@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Tue, May 22, 2001 at 04:00:31AM -0700
References:  <20010521194828.A789@freebie.demon.nl> <3B0A46CF.9D0CB622@mindspring.com>

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On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 04:00:31AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > 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?
>=20
> Yeah: you aren't running your CVS server in "pserver"
> mode, and so are trying to do a lock, either in your
> local copy, or over NFS.
>=20
> If you run your repository in pserver mode, the CVS server
> will be connected to over the network, instead of attacking
> your CVS repo directly, and you won't have the problem you
> are seeing, since the cvs server will be able to get the
> lock, no problem.

It will also be freakishly slow, and use massive amounts of temp
space.

Kris

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