RE: [QUAR]Re: CVS, RCS, System Files

[Call, Wayne]

Larry Jones writes:
>
> That's not quite true.  It's perfectly safe to use both to *read* files,
> but you can lose changes if you use both to update the same file at the
> same time because they don't use the same locking mechanism.

Would it make sense just to use CVS for both project files and system files?


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Larry Jones
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Pierre Asselin writes:
> 
> Yes, it is routine.  You can even use RCS and CVS at the same time
> on the same project, they will mostly ignore one another.

That's not quite true.  It's perfectly safe to use both to *read* files,
but you can lose changes if you use both to update the same file at the
same time because they don't use the same locking mechanism.

-Larry Jones

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