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On Fri, 21 May 2004 10:34:44 +0100, "Harrison, Andrew" <andy.harrison at anite.com> wrote: > >Occasionally if two people try to access the same module at the same time, >and whoever gets there second has to wait for the lock of the first, the >lock server times out. The cvs server reports a "waiting for lock" message >once a second, and then gives up after 20 seconds. > >Is there any way to change these periods? eg, report the warning every 10 >seconds and keep trying for 60. > It's hardcoded in the code... you could build your own version I suppose. The only time you'll ever see it for 20 seconds though is for something like a tag, and even that's fixed in the newer versions so it'd be unusual to lock for more than a couple of seconds (two people doing large commits may see this I guess). Tony