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Re: CVS 1.11 & modules file: Cederqvist bug
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Steve James |
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Re: CVS 1.11 & modules file: Cederqvist bug |
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Sat, 21 Jul 2001 15:14:20 +0100 |
Pascal,
My thanks for your reply.
I agree with you: it's more sensible for all CVS scripts to run on the
server, and that this is therefore a documentation bug. Presumably it was
once correct for a previous version of CVS.
I saw your following post on the subject too. I wonder if the presence of
Checkin.prog and Update.prog are just history too. They can now be considered
redundant with the current CVS behavior, since the configuration settings in
the modules file can be honored by the server without use of these support
files. However CVS' use of Checkin.prog and Update.prog have two
consequences:-
1. They are created on checkout; a new change to the modules configuration
does not change old working copies. This may or may not be desirable.
2. They can be modified locally to alter what script is run on the server
(I've successfully tried this with pserver). This may also be useful (?) but
it's certainly a security hole which the repository administrator may not be
aware of -- especially with the confusing documentation!
Steve.
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