On Sat, 3 Jul 1999, Warner Losh wrote:

> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Matthew Jacob 
>writes:
> : You have to wait at least a little bit because with CVS there is no atomic
> : update of a set of modules. IF make world is broken, waiting at least a
> : certain period of time and then doing another update is important to
> : ensure that you just simply updated only part of a an active checkin
> : cycle.
> 
> Which is why when I hit this, I check the commit messages.  I also do
> a cvsup to freefall (normally I just hit one of the mirrors) and see
> if the problem is in the sources of the moment.  If the problem
> persisits, I either see if it is trivial to fix and/or send mail to
> the committer.  Sometimes, if I'm thinking, I'll see if they are
> actively logged into freefall and contact them there....

Checking commit messages was the first thing I did, in this case.

> 
> I do realize this isn't an option for everybody, but has worked for me
> in the past.
> 
> Warner
> 
> 
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