Re: CVS problems: inconsistent, bad host.

["Jesse D . Sightler" <jsight mindspring com>]

Generally, if this happens, you should just try doing a "cvs checkout" instead of an update.

Update doesn't get new directories, AFAIK, so checkout is needed if new directories were added
to CVS.

On Sun, 18 Apr 1999 15:29:56 John Huttley wrote:
> 
> 
> Ronald de Man wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Apr 18, 1999 at 12:24:22PM +1200, John Huttley wrote:
> >
> > > When compiles fail I tend to delete and re checkout.
> >
> > When compiles fail and you can't really see how to solve it yourself
> > (for example by deleting .deps directories), then you should just wait
> > a few hours or a day before you update your existing tree and try again.
> >
> > CVS versions are expected to break once in a while. That's normal.
> > Trying to 'force' a correct build by deleting your tree and rechecking
> > things out is a complete waste of bandwidth most of the time.
> 
> You might reasonably think so. But I have found this not to be the case.
> It ssems that if the cvs gets too far ahead of my local version,  update is no
> longer fully effective.
> Possibly because obosolete  files are not correctly deleted.
> The inconsistency in cvs, as a separate issue from broken code in cvs, may
> aggravate the probelm.
> 
> 
> > <Snip>
> 
> >
> > As I read it, you were getting .23 for a while until finally .24 came
> > through. This is perfectly understandable. The anoncvs is a mirror
> > and is updated maybe once an hour, so it takes some time before it gets the
> > latest changes. If it took much longer, maybe the system was overloaded
> > by people madly updating CVS over and over again.
> >
> > > A totally avoidable load on the system.
> >
> > Yeah just wait a few hours before you try again.
> 
> I don't believe the '1 hour' bit for a moment. It may be _intended_ as '1
> hour'.
> 
> This particular problem occurred half a day or more after the anouncement.
> 
> I claim that one or more of the mirrors is lagging by a substantial amount,
> and that it is a fixable problem.
> 
> Regards
> John
> 
> 
> 
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