CVS and heavily loaded systems

[Peter Toft]

hi all


In the release of CVS 1.12.13 (Oct. 3 2005) it was noted that 
"[http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/680620 #680620] for more info), several
issues involving potential data-loss on heavily loaded systems, some minor
potential crashes, hangs, and several minor annoyances in CVS client and
server behavior."

Can anyone tell more on this? I have recently found severe problems with 
CVS 1.12.9 - which very well can originate from clients having a very high 
CPU load committing huge files through an SSH pipe towards the CVSROOT on 
a remote machine where the network is not the fastest one. 
I have seen checksum errors and locking problems with CVS 1.12.9 from time 
to time.

I am _very_ interested in your valuable input here!!

Best

Peter Toft, Ph.D. address@hidden http://pto.linux.dk

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