Re: [QUAR]Re: CVS, RCS, System Files

[Pierre Asselin]

Larry Jones <address@hidden> wrote:
> Pierre Asselin writes:
> > 
> > Yes, it is routine.  You can even use RCS and CVS at the same time
> > on the same project, they will mostly ignore one another.

> That's not quite true.  It's perfectly safe to use both to *read* files,
> but you can lose changes if you use both to update the same file at the
> same time because they don't use the same locking mechanism.

Good grief, not like that !  I mean using RCS in a sandbox, behind
CVS' back.
    sandbox> mkdir RCS
    sandbox> ci -l sandboxfile
    sandbox> cvs update sandboxfile
    sandbox> ci -l sandboxfile
    sandbox> cvs commit sandboxfile
stuff like that.  It never occurred to me to run RCS commands on
$CVSROOT/path/sandboxfile,v because my $CVSROOT is usually remote.

Using RCS that way is a little like creating a private branch in CVS,
but more lightweight --and less organized.  I do that when I am making
intricate changes, I want the option to backtrack, and I don't want
to commit broken code to CVS.

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