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Re: Running standard CVS and CVSNT on the same repository?
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Doug Lee |
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Re: Running standard CVS and CVSNT on the same repository? |
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Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:10:15 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.4i |
Somewhat belated answer here:
I wrote:
> I run a CVS server on FreeBSD, currently cvs v1.11.5 because that's what
> came with my FreeBSD installation. I access this server from the same
> FreeBSD box, from another FreeBSD box, and from an assortment of Windows
> machines, currently all using standard CVS under Windows.
>
> I'm wondering if I can install CVSNT on the server FreeBSD box and start
> letting Windows machines use that as their server instead of the standard
> CVS on that box, without causing problems such as repository corruption,
> incompatible repository changes made by one server and unreadable by the
> other, etc. I assume I'd be fine suddenly making everyone use the CVSNT
> server, but then I'd be worried about updates to FreeBSD itself, which might
> make use of the stock CVS.
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 10:50:43AM -0400, Carucci, Jason wrote:
> Why not just keep the CVS installation the same on your server and install
> CVSNT on your Windows machines? This is the setup that I'm using and it
> works just fine.
I understand that a CVSNT server supports features that the stock CVS
server does not support, and that CVSNT clients use those features to
great advantage. I therefore figured I'd need a CVSNT server to make
it worthwhile to use CVSNT clients. Wrong?
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