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Re: CVS on savannah
- From: Andrew Walrond <andrew at walrond dot org>
- To: Rudy Gevaert <rudy at gnu dot org>,gcc at gnu dot org,savannah-hackers at gnu dot org,savannah-compromise at gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 08:09:26 +0000
- Subject: Re: CVS on savannah
- References: <20040104201312.GA14444@fencepost>
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