[cvsnt] Re: Stirct lock with edit -x

[Tony Hoyle]

Sergey Korotkov wrote:
> Hello cvsnt,
> 
> 1. That attempt to do edit -x on one PC and edit -x on other PC
> produce the crash of server for 2.0.58d.
> 
> 2. Well, fine, I install 2.5.01. No crash now, but I got other
> behavior. When "edit -x" on one PC and "edit" on other I see something
> like this "cvs server: Edit on file 'AssemblyInfo.vb' refused by server
> cvs edit: invalid data from cvs server".
> The output is correct, BUT the readonly flag is removed from file and
> it copy moved to /cvs/base folder. In other words, even if server
> report error (which is correct), client make all as if no any errors
> on server. I.e. it prepare file for edit.
> Is that normal?

edit -x is only really effective if all your clients are recent CVSNT 
builds.  The old cvs had no controls at all on editing, and no means to 
prevent it... so it'll do the edit anyway.  OTOH the server will not let 
you commit such a file.

Tony