[cvsnt] Is usage of cvs.exe (as client) discouraged atthehostwhere the repository lives?

[Pedro Horrillo]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pedro Horrillo" <pedro.horrillo at vdos.com>
To: "Oliver Giesen" <ogware at gmx.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [cvsnt] Is usage of cvs.exe (as client) discouraged
atthehostwhere the repository lives?


> From: "Oliver Giesen" <ogware at gmx.net>
> Newsgroups: support.cvsnt
> To: <cvsnt at cvsnt.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 3:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [cvsnt] Is usage of cvs.exe (as client) discouraged
> atthehostwhere the repository lives?
>
> Thanks. I think that now I understand the potential risk of simultaneous
> access to the repository, if :local: protocol is used at the repository
> host, since cvsservice.exe would not arbiter.
>
> Merci beaucoup. Danke. Gracias.
>
> > Bo Berglund wrote:
> >
> > > Just make sure the local use of cvs does NOT use :local: mode!!!
> > > You should connect to the server in exactly the same way you do from
> > > the other clients using whatever client/server protocol you have set
> > > up.
> >
> > While I don't see any harm in following your advice, I also couldn't
> > quite follow your strong reservation against :local: mode when it is
> > used in a truly local fashion and especially when it is used read-only
> > as in this case.
> >
> > As I said before, as far as I understood it :local: is what will
> > ultimately be used to access the repository anyway. The only difference
> > being that the cvs.exe will run with cmd.exe as parent process instead
> > of cvsservice.exe. Or am I missing something important?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > --
> > Oliver
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