Re: Executing CVS commands inside info scripts

[Larry Jones]

Dan Peterson writes:
> 
> Has the "-n" option always ignored the lock?

I think so.  It's certainly been true for quite a while.

> I've run into this type of problem in the past, ie, if a loginfo script
> tries to run "cvs rlog" it get's "waiting for lock" messages because the
> original commit still has the module locked.
> 
> It sounds like using "cvs -n rlog" would solve this problem?

Yep.

> If so, it might be nice if there were some note about this in the
> discussion of "*info" scripts and perhaps the global "-n" option.

Feel free to submit patches for the documentation.

-Larry Jones

I sure wish I could get my hands on some REAL dynamite. -- Calvin