"Robert P. Goldman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 24 October 2006 01:24 pm, David Kågedal wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> > Do any of you use a BBDB database on multiple machines? I have a >> > laptop and a desktop, and I'd like to share my .bbdb, but I don't have >> > a good idea about how to do this, and I particularly don't know how to >> > avoid getting it messed up by concurrent modifications. Since BBDB >> > does such a good job of pervading my emacs life, it's hard for me to >> > know who "owns" it at any given time. >> > >> > Ideally, I'd like a solution that would permit having the BBDB even >> > when off line. I.e., if I take my laptop somewhere, I'd like to have >> > a local copy that I can use, and synch later on. >> >> I use CVS to synchronize. This means that I might need to to the >> usual conflict resolution if I have modified the same entries on more >> than one machine, but it works well. >> >> I set bbdb-file to point to a file inside a checked-out CVS tree >> containing my bbdb file (and other stuff). > That seems like a reasonably good off-the-shelf solution for managing the > merge problem. I was just wondering, have you tried to add any automation to > the process of committing? E.g., have you tried automating the commit when > the bbdb file changes? I was wondering because it seemed to me that the > human part in this procedure might be the weak link. > Thanks for the suggestion,
No I haven't. But it would be a good idea to commit at least before you switch to using a different system. -- David Kågedal ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
