[cvsnt] ntserver vs. local

[Flávio Etrusco]

Hey, this is dangerous! I've always thought that cvs client using :local: "protocol" would work exactly as it would in server mode.
I'd really like to hear from some cvs develper about this...

-Flávio


> Curtis Lehman wrote:
> 
> For what it's worth, I asked a similar question a few weeks 
> back on the cvsgui mailing list on yahoo. Below is the 
> response I got. I think it's good reasoning for sticking with 
> CVSNT and avoiding using CVS in local mode. It's kind of 
> long, but worth reading through. I hope it helps.
> 
> - Curtis Lehman
> 
> From:   Jens Miltner <jum at m...> 
> Date:  Wed Dec 3, 2003  1:12 am
> Subject:  Re: [cvsgui] Why should I install wincvs server 
> instead of using local mode? 
>  
> Am 03.12.2003 um 05:54 schrieb Gagneet Singh:
> 
(...)
> 
> The major problem here is that your cvs client has no idea 
> that another
> client might be modifying the repository at just that moment. This
> might severely corrupt your repository!
> Here's an older answer from Oliver Giesen about this problem:
>