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Re: Changes to rcsinfo/verifymsg not taking effect
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: Changes to rcsinfo/verifymsg not taking effect |
Date: |
Fri, 11 Oct 2002 11:50:14 -0400 (EDT) |
Balrogget McPhee writes:
>
> I have a problem when using CVS in pserver mode: currently when I update
> files such as verifymsg and rcsinfo and check them in to CVSROOT, the
> changes do not take effect in users checked out modules even after they do a
> cvs update on their dirs.
> I tried looking at the CVS directory of the checked out modules but I cannot
> identify if the verifymsg info is held locally for instance. Do users have
> to release and re-check out their source whenever a change is made to the
> files in CVSROOT for them to take effect? Is there any way around this?
verifymsg is not held locally; the version on the server at the time of
the checkin is used. rcsinfo *is* kept locally; it's stored by checkout
and never updated, so you do have to do a new checkout to get a new
version.
-Larry Jones
I can do that! It's a free country! I've got my rights! -- Calvin