Re: mandatory lock

[Noel L Yap]

>I am trying to do an mandatory like using the a tag, thought the brach
>tag exist, I get the following msg.

>cvs admin -lBRANCH_5_10 test.cc
>RCS file: /nfs/eagles/export/home/jeeva/mycvs/src/Attic/test.cc,v
>cvs admin: /nfs/eagles/export/home/jeeva/mycvs/src/Attic/test.cc,v:
>branch BRANCH_5_10 absent
>cvs admin: cannot modify RCS file for `test.cc'

>Am I doing some thing wrong? How do I do an Mandatory lock in cvs.

Yes.  Assuming your developers stick to procedures, there's absolutely no reason
to use mandatory locks.  Instead, use the edit/watch/notify features.  If that's
not enough, use the patch(es) available on www.sourceforge.com under project
RCVS.

Noel



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