[cvsnt] Sandbox on network share

Tony Hoyle tmh at nodomain.org
Wed May 18 17:09:09 BST 2005


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Aaron Kynaston wrote:
  > I have a local repository that I've used for years now (2+) which
> works fantastic - However, there have been times that I"m working on
> a VMWare on the same box and need access to that repository - the
> awsner I came up with?  Map a drive . . .I've done this for almost
> just as long with no errors that I can think of . .

That's what the server is for...

> I get the impression that the only issue here at all is the actual
> CVSNT service - using just cvs.exe and hitting the files seems to
> work fine . .

The issue is with data integrity, performance and network traffic, (plus 
date handling, lock handling...)

It's been covered multiple times in the past so I won't go into detail 
here, but the issues are such that I normally won't support such a 
configuration.

Tony



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