MacDonald, Ian writes:
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> Shouldn't cvs simply be using "read" locks while executing the log
> command? 

It should, and it is.

> If that's the case, why is there a contention for the "read" locks?

Because you need an exclusive lock to create a read lock.  The exclusive
lock is only held for a very short time (just long enough to create the
read lock), but it's still possible for there to be contention for it.

-Larry Jones

I must have been delirious from having so much fun. -- Calvin


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