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?
>
> 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.
>
> 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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