Re: Linex need serious concurent version control software ?

[Bogdan]

address@hidden wrote:
> 
> >
> > PS Do you now that by "cvs checkout your_project" in another directory
> > you are now longer reported by "cvs editors" despite you have
> > files open for editing with command " cvs edit" in first directory.
> >
> If you're not reported by "cvs editors" for what you have "cvs edit"ed,
> then that's a bug.  If it doesn't report you as an editor for a file
> you haven't "cvs edit"ed, then that's normal behavior.
> 
> > We need more serious accounting in version control software.
> >
> Alternately, we need version control people who understand what
> version control can and cannot do.
> 

Example:



Example in Linux RedHat 8.0
cvs version is 1.11.2
shell is /bin/ksh


/home/bogdan> cvs watch on a_ui
/home/bogdan> mkdir test1
/home/bogdan> cd test1
/home/bogdan/test1> cvs checkout a_ui
cvs checkout: Updating a_ui
U a_ui/exls.bpr
U a_ui/exls.cpp
U a_ui/exls.dsk
U a_ui/exls.res
U a_ui/main.cpp
U a_ui/main.dfm
U a_ui/main.h
/home/bogdan/test1> cd a_ui
/home/bogdan/test1/a_ui> cvs editors
a_ui/main.cpp   bg      Thu Oct 31 20:21:45 2002 GMT    abc1  
/home/bg/src/a_ui
/home/bogdan/test1/a_ui> cvs edit main.*
/home/bogdan/test1/a_ui> cvs editors
main.cpp        bg      Thu Oct 31 20:21:45 2002 GMT    abc1  
/home/bg/src/a_ui
        bogdan  Fri Nov  1 20:23:24 2002 GMT    abc1  
/home/bogdan/test1/a_ui
main.dfm        bogdan  Fri Nov  1 20:23:24 2002 GMT    abc1  
/home/bogdan/test1/a_ui
main.h  bogdan  Fri Nov  1 20:23:24 2002 GMT    abc1  
/home/bogdan/test1/a_ui
/home/bogdan/test1/a_ui> cd
/home/bogdan> mkdir test2
/home/bogdan> cd test2
/home/bogdan/test2> cvs checkout a_ui
cvs checkout: Updating a_ui
U a_ui/exls.bpr
U a_ui/exls.cpp
U a_ui/exls.dsk
U a_ui/exls.res
U a_ui/main.cpp
U a_ui/main.dfm
U a_ui/main.h
/home/bogdan/test2> cd a_ui
/home/bogdan/test2/a_ui> cvs editors
a_ui/main.cpp   bg      Thu Oct 31 20:21:45 2002 GMT    abc1  
/home/bg/src/a_ui
/home/bogdan/test2/a_ui> cd ../../test1/a_ui
/home/bogdan/test1/a_ui> cvs editors
a_ui/main.cpp   bg      Thu Oct 31 20:21:45 2002 GMT    abc1  
/home/bg/src/a_ui
/home/bogdan/test1/a_ui>


Bogdan