Re: CVS and NFS

[Todd Denniston]

Andy Jones wrote:
> 
> Can anybody confirm exactly what happens when you mix CVS and NFS?
> 
> I've just had some *extremely* nasty symptoms when trying to check out a 
> top-level 
>directory on a client machine: cvs hangs, network hangs, etc..
> 
> I *think* this is because I had an NFS share for the directory I did the 
> checkout in.  
>Note, I'm not talking about sharing a sandbox over NFS here - just doing a 
>checkout 
>in a directory that I forgot was NFS shared.
> 
> The final solution seemed to be to stop NFS *and* stop and restart pserver on 
> the server machine.
> 
> Was NFS the problem, or am I barking up the wrong tree here?
> 
Some how I got confused by your letter.
1) which type is your CVSROOT, CVSROOT=:ext:machine:/.... ,
CVSROOT=:pserver:address@hidden:/.... or CVSROOT=/....
  your text leaves this confused for me.
2) is the box you are checking out on the NFS server or NFS client?
3) if CVSROOT=:pserver:address@hidden:/...., is /.... on machine actually local
to the machine or an NFS mount?

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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) 
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter