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Re: why don't relative paths work when specifying a remote repository ?


From: Larry Jones
Subject: Re: why don't relative paths work when specifying a remote repository ?
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 16:42:52 -0500 (EST)

Patton, Matthew E., CTR, OSD-PA&E writes:
> 
> Why is "cvs -d address@hidden:./some_relative_path" style syntax not 
> supported?

1.  Many parts of the CVS code require the root to be an absolute path
-- allowing a relative path would require either changing all that code
or adding code to the server to convert the relative path into an
absolute path.

2.  In many environments, it's not possible to set the server's working
directory to anything in particular.

3.  Since the server frequently runs as root, it would open a huge
security hole if the user could get the server to run in an different
directory.

-Larry Jones

It's either spectacular, unbelievable success, or crushing, hopeless
defeat!  There is no middle ground! -- Calvin




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