[cvsnt] Re: CVS/CVSNT Client Metadata Compatibility (repost)

Tony Hoyle tony.hoyle at march-hare.com
Thu Aug 11 02:34:02 BST 2005


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Weiss, Adam BGI SF wrote:
> Hey Folks,
> 
> I have a bunch of clients out there running cvs 1.11 on Windows that
> have a bunch of sandboxes checked out.  I want to upgrade them to CVSNT
> 2.0.51d (on the client, leaving the server alone).  Does CVSNT maintain
> compatibility with these cvs 1.11 checked out sandboxes?  (ie: Can it
> deal with the metadata dirs created by cvs 1.11?  or is it a bad idea to
> attempt to use sandboxes created with cvs 1.11 which CVSNT 2.0.51d?)

2.0.51d is pretty old..

They're basically compatible... I wouldn't want to try to switch between 
them too often - although there's no technical reason why not it does 
open up the possibility of one or the other getting confused eventually.

Tony




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