> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 6:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Repository directories and symlinks > > > >3. What other problems can I expect? > > - When files move in or out of Attic directories, symlinks break. This > happens when files are removed on the main trunk, or added on a branch > and then commited to the main trunk. > > - When a file is removed (via cvs remove), then every symlink pointing > to it appears removed; it's necessary to manually break the symlink > before doing a cvs remove. Breaking the link meaning that the object > to be removed is an actual object, and not a link, and has no links > pointing at it. > > - Older versions of CVS didn't handle symlinks right; they did not > chase the link and acquire locks in the right places. this was > fixed around 1.10.3. > Are you talking about symlinking files or symlinking directories? It sounds like your talking about symlinking files, which I am not trying to do. I'm just interested in symlinking directories.
Thanks, Lowell Alleman _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
