[H-GEN] F-king CVS!

[Jason Henry Parker]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Jason Henry Parker <jasonp at uq.net.au>)

Raymond Smith <raymonds at uq.net.au> writes:

> Does anyone know how CVS locks a repository? More to the point, does
> anyone know why after a repository has been unlocked CVS chooses to
> believe that it still locked?

I'm not sure I know what you mean when you say the repository has been
unlocked, care to elaborate?

If you're talking about the files in the CVSROOT directory, as opposed
to your checked-out copy of the files, then they're locked with RCS; I
am led to believe that a sufficiently tricky wizzard[1] should be able
to get up close and personal with them and relock them, or whatever ve
wants to do.  I've never seen this done and wouldn't want to guess.  I
suppose you *could* set a new $CVSROOT, cvs init, and check some files
in and out for a while to get a feel for it, and UTSL.

Cyclic software *used* to offer support contracts for CVS, but stopped
accepting new ones just a week or two ago.

jason, who *finally* understands CVS branches and tags.

[1] : Wow.  Two obscure references for the price of one.

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