Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 20:02:32 +0800 (WST) From: Peter Wemm <peter@haywire.dialix.com> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> Cc: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, CVS-commiters@freefall.FreeBSD.org, cvs-ports@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/utils Makefile Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.91.950819195730.4730E-100000@haywire.DIALix.COM> In-Reply-To: <199508191155.EAA27382@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Sat, 19 Aug 1995, Satoshi Asami wrote: > * BTW: suspending emacs and killing cvs is a 'bad thing', because it can > * leave a lock on the directory in ~ncvs.. (here, you can have this > * morning's conical hat back again.. :-). > > Uhh, is that so? I thought cvs will delete all the lock files if > "kill"ed cleanly (i.e., no "-9")...I have done this more than > once...(+_+;).... I dont know the exact circumstances, but I know it happens, right when it's least convenient.. Anyway, quitting emacs without saving would give you an opportunity to do a clean abort right then. I went to great pain in my cvsedit wrapper to get this right and maintain the behavior. I know there were two stray locks within the last day or two, but I can't remember where... Rod might... Cheers, -Peter > Satoshi (:>-* >
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