[Savannah-hackers] Re: CVS on savannah

[Andrew Walrond]

On Sunday 04 Jan 2004 8:13 pm, Rudy Gevaert wrote:
> I have set up a cron job that synchronizes the Savannah GCC repositroy
> with the repository on gcc.gnu.org
>
> This is done once an hour with rsync.
>
> http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gcc/#dirlist

Is this done in a way which ensures consistency? Is it safe to access the 
mirror repository while the rsync is in progress? What happens if a checkin 
is in progress on the parent repo while rsyncing the mirror?

There was some considerable discussion on the lkml a while back about rsynced 
mirrors of cvs repos. It concluded that extra steps were required to make the 
mirrored repo consistent/useful. Otherwise it was a case of fingers crossed, 
touch wood, turn around 3 times and...

Andrew Walrond