On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 10:20:48AM -0400, Lorne Gutz wrote: > > CVS doesn't like it when CVSROOT > > is a symlink rather than a real directory. > > > > -Larry Jones > > My system uses links to the CVS repository, and I have never had a problem > with the links.
Same here; I've set up several repo's this way, with never a hiccup. Not to cast doubt on your comments, Larry -- you certainly know the code a lot better than I do -- but rather to understand more deeply: - What's the problem with this? - Why might it work in some situations but not in others? - I find this technique quite useful (obviously). Would it be feasible to change CVS to make it as dependable for everyone as it seems to be for me? (N.B.: I'm simply asking for an opinion, not for you to do the work.) I refer specifically to allowing the repository's root (i.e. the pathname referred to in prefix -d, $CVSROOT, and the .../CVS/Root files) to be a symlink; *not* to allowing symlinks *within* that directory. -- | | /\ |-_|/ > Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | / Anyone who swims with the current will reach the big music steamship; whoever swims against the current will perhaps reach the source. - Paul Schneider-Esleben _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs