Sean Chittenden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > With the -s option, cvsup will not touch files that it believes are > > in sync until they are updated on the server. > ^^^ > not ?
no, not "not". "cvsup will not touch files that it believes are in sync", the operative word here being "believes" - with -s cvsup will use the checkout list and won't even look at the actual file unless the server says it has a newer version than what is listed in the checkout list. > -s is a bit dicey to trust unless you grab an exclusive lock on the > file and prevent other people from making a change to the file on the > server. -sc You actually *want* the -s induced failure in this case. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message