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Re: Issues with network file systems and CVS
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david |
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Re: Issues with network file systems and CVS |
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Tue, 17 Sep 2002 14:40:54 -0500 (CDT) |
> We've been using CVS with the repository exported via NFS to our UNIX boxen.
This seems to cause an undue amount of repository file corruption, and
should be avoided.
> now we need to connect to another cvs repo at a remote site and the only
> access the want to give us is via wincvs with the repository on a mapped
> drive.
>
What do you mean with the repository on a mapped drive? If it's at a
remote site, use some sort of client-server system, either ssh or
pserver depending on your needs. This should be much less intrusive
than somehow NFS-mounting the drive from afar.
> Now, just from discussion on this list I realise this is bad. My question is
> what are the potential issues with this approach? I need a better answer than
> "I've heard it's bad" to try and cut through the fog of developer inertia and
> blinding stupidity we've got here, not that It'll help.
>
> Could someone explain to me the issues with mounting the repo via a network
> filesystem?
>
In the first place, it exposes the repository to anything anybody might
do to it, whereas client-server restricts what somebody can do to the
repository while making a mistake.
In the second place, it seems to cause data corruption. This is probably
a case of locking problems, so that more than one server process will
be working on the same directory without realizing it.
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- Issues with network file systems and CVS, Matthew Navarre, 2002/09/17
- Re: Issues with network file systems and CVS,
david <=
- Re: Issues with network file systems and CVS, Matthew Navarre, 2002/09/17
- Re: Issues with network file systems and CVS, Frederic Brehm, 2002/09/17
- Re: Issues with network file systems and CVS, Alan Dayley, 2002/09/17
- Re: Issues with network file systems and CVS, Adam Bregenzer, 2002/09/17
- Re: Issues with network file systems and CVS, Frederic Brehm, 2002/09/18
- Re: Issues with network file systems and CVS, Mike Ayers, 2002/09/18
- Re: Issues with network file systems and CVS, Eric Siegerman, 2002/09/18
- Pandora's Black Box (was: Re: Issues with network file systems and CVS), Mike Ayers, 2002/09/19
- Re: Issues with network file systems and CVS, Larry Jones, 2002/09/18
- Re: Issues with network file systems and CVS, Larry Jones, 2002/09/17