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Re: CVS_SERVER


From: Larry Jones
Subject: Re: CVS_SERVER
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 16:11:49 -0400 (EDT)

Greg A. Woods writes:
> 
> [ On Tuesday, August 14, 2001 at 14:41:26 (-0400), Larry Jones wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: CVS_SERVER
> >
> > No, somewhere along the line I got tired of forgetting to set
> > $CVS_SERVER when testing new versions of CVS and changed the default
> > from "cvs" to program_path, which is a copy of argv[0].  It is *NOT*
> > adjusted according to ARGV0_NOT_PROGRAM_NAME, but perhaps it should be.
> 
> That was a BAD idea.  Please revert your change.
> 
> Laziness in testing is no excuse for breaking code for production use.

Sorry, I forgot the entire context of the change.  The change I made was
only to the :fork: method, which isn't of any use other than for
testing, and it makes perfect sense in that context.  I did *not* change
the :ext: method which *would* be used in production.

-Larry Jones

Pitiful.  Just pitiful. -- Calvin



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