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Re: PATCH: backport of symlink fix for issue 142 to cvs 1.11.9.1
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Larry Jones |
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Re: PATCH: backport of symlink fix for issue 142 to cvs 1.11.9.1 |
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Wed, 29 Oct 2003 00:31:26 -0500 (EST) |
Paul Edwards writes:
>
> BTW, I have softlinked to the repository many times, and it
> has worked every time.
Like using \ rather than / in $CVSROOT, many things work, some things
don't. LockDir is a known problem, but I think there are other
problems, too.
> I don't know which particular operation makes it fail when
> using symbolic links, but whoever added that feature, made
> it fail IMO, and is thus a bug that can have <xyz> effects.
It's been that way "forever". Symlinks simply weren't considered in the
original design.
-Larry Jones
I stand FIRM in my belief of what's right! I REFUSE to
compromise my principles! -- Calvin
- Re: PATCH: backport of symlink fix for issue 142 to cvs 1.11.9.1, (continued)
- Re: PATCH: backport of symlink fix for issue 142 to cvs 1.11.9.1, Paul Edwards, 2003/10/24
- Re: PATCH: backport of symlink fix for issue 142 to cvs 1.11.9.1, Derek Robert Price, 2003/10/27
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- Re: PATCH: backport of symlink fix for issue 142 to cvs 1.11.9.1, Paul Edwards, 2003/10/27
- Re: PATCH: backport of symlink fix for issue 142 to cvs 1.11.9.1, Mark D. Baushke, 2003/10/27
- Re: PATCH: backport of symlink fix for issue 142 to cvs 1.11.9.1, Derek Robert Price, 2003/10/28
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- Re: PATCH: backport of symlink fix for issue 142 to cvs 1.11.9.1, Paul Edwards, 2003/10/28
- RE: PATCH: backport of symlink fix for issue 142 to cvs 1.11.9.1, Shaun Tancheff, 2003/10/28
- Re: PATCH: backport of symlink fix for issue 142 to cvs 1.11.9.1, Derek Robert Price, 2003/10/29
- Re: PATCH: backport of symlink fix for issue 142 to cvs 1.11.9.1,
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Re: PATCH: backport of symlink fix for issue 142 to cvs 1.11.9.1, Paul Edwards, 2003/10/29