Re: Spreading repository across disks

[Todd Denniston]

jce wrote, On 03/18/2009 12:24 PM:
> It gets a bit stranger.
>
> Instead of using rsync -av to make a copy of the repository, i tried
> cp -Rp
>
> After the copy , i made the directory a symlink to its location on the
> new drive.
>
> This time updates worked!  but add/commits failed.
>
> bizarre.

instead of a softlink you might try:
mount --bind /new/repo/location/ /old/repo/location/

and see if it works...

which cvs version is on Ubuntu 8?

in the cvs News file
"Changes from 1.11.9 to 1.11.10:
...
* CVSROOTs which contain a symlink to a real repository should work.
...
"

And here I was thinking that I recalled the devs taking that out in the 11 
series because of some security concern.

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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter