Re: pruning problems with Wincvs and samba server

[Larry Jones]

Yang writes:
> 
> From WinCVS, cvs co -Pd <module> does not prune empty directories
> if the directory being checked out to is a Samba mount.  Pruning works fine
> if the directory being checked out to is a local drive (e.g. C:).
> 
> Any solution?

1)  Don't check out to Samba mounts.  (Network mounted working
directories aren't nearly as bad as network mounted repositories, but
they're still asking for trouble.)

2)  Ask the Samba folks.  (Since local directories work fine, it's not a
CVS problem.)

-Larry Jones

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