Inconsistance in snapshots repository

[Joe Buck]

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.