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Re: Inconsistance in snapshots repository
- To: law at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Inconsistance in snapshots repository
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 98 9:29:20 PDT
- Cc: burley at gnu dot org, oliva at dcc dot unicamp dot br, pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at, egcs at cygnus dot com
In message <199804162331.TAA25018@melange.gnu.org>you write:
> > I'm CVS-unaware, but, generally, is this really guaranteed to provide
> > a coherent snapshot to anyone, anytime, including if they try using
> > it while a snapshot is being produced (and the "moving tag" updated)?
> Nope. But what it does do for the CVS folks is allow them to
> upgrade to whatever the current snapshot happens to be without
> knowing the exact name of the tag.
Ah, but it seems like a lot of work. How about
finger latest-egcs-snapshot@cygnus.com
to find that out? It certainly would be more robust.