[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
RE: Setting up first repository
From: |
Jim.Hyslop |
Subject: |
RE: Setting up first repository |
Date: |
Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:03:43 -0500 |
address@hidden wrote:
> Jim.Hyslop writes:
> >
> > Not sure where you heard that, but it will cause you much
> more work. I use
> > symlinks in the repository, with no problems.
>
> What kind of symlinks? Although it's not recommended, you can symlink
> *directories* in the repository, as long as you don't use LOCKDIR in
> your config file to put the lock files somewhere else.
Right, I forgot to qualify that part - yes, our symlinks are for
directories, and we do not use LOCKDIR.
Oh, and doesn't CVS have problems if $CVSROOT/CVSROOT is symlinked? Or has
that been fixed? Or am I mis-remembering something?
--
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com )
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts )