Re: speed: pserver vs mount of repository

[Larry Jones]

Richard Pfeiffer writes:
> 
> Is it just the ADD/COMMIT over an NFS that would
> cause the corruption, and, presuming an as-of-yet
> uncorrupted repository, doing a CHECK-OUT over an
> NFS mounted repository would NOT cause
> corruption;

Mostly correct -- it's opertions that modify the RCS files in the
repository that are dangerous: commit, tag, admin, import, etc.  Add
does not modify RCS files, nor does checkout, update, etc.  However,
since CVS remembers the CVSROOT used for the initial checkout and uses
that saved CVSROOT for all subsequent CVS operations (unless explicitly
overridden), it's quite inconvenient to use different CVSROOTs for
different operations.

> I originally noticed mention of this NFS issue in
> the CVS Manual, but since then have not been able
> to relocate it.  Is it in the Repository chapter
> or elsewhere?  Perhaps someone has the exact
> link?

I don't recall it being mentioned in the manual -- you must have seen it
somewhere else.

-Larry Jones

I think we need to change the rules. -- Calvin