Subject: Re: misc/15797: Lack of CVSROOT/options file foils CVSup $NetBSD$ expansion
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/04/2002 08:27:05
On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 06:16:47PM -0500, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> [ On Sunday, March 3, 2002 at 23:42:39 (+0100), Manuel Bouyer wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: misc/15797: Lack of CVSROOT/options file foils CVSup $NetBSD$ expansion
> >
> > Well, unfortunably the CVSROOT is *not* propagated to mirrors; each mirror
> > maintain their own CVSROOT.
> 
> That's really bogus.  The files in the CVSROOT directory are the very
> core and most necessary part of any CVS repository!  These files really
> should all be shipped with replicas of the repository, even if such
> replicas are intended to be read-only!

And how do you deal with mirrors that mirror other repositories than
the NetBSD one ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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