[cvsnt] Re: offline folder can't be updated when offline, even though server online

Tony Hoyle tmh at nodomain.org
Fri Nov 12 11:40:59 GMT 2004


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David Holmes wrote:
> Stating that use of a network drive (whether NFS or windows share) as a
> place to hold your local checkout, when the cvs server is accessed via
> :ext: or :pserver: or :ssh:, seems to be overstating the potential risk. Yes

Not really.  In lots of cases it doesn't work - plus all the network 
bandwidth and security issues as mentioned in the FAQ, and then there's 
this:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826482

... which is only dated a week ago - and it's not the first bug of its 
kind either.

Tony



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