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Re: cvs admin -L


From: Larry Jones
Subject: Re: cvs admin -L
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 18:14:06 -0400 (EDT)

Marcelo Carvalho Fernandes writes:
> 
> In "cvs admin" command, there is a -L option that says:
> 
> "Set stricting lock. Strict locking means that the owner of an RCS file is
> not exempt from locking for checkin"
> 
> What does it mean ? Can you give a exemple ?

It's a hold-over from RCS.  RCS files being used by CVS should always
have it enabled (that's how CVS creates them, but files that were
originally used with RCS and then moved into CVS might not).

-Larry Jones

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