Re: cvs server: waiting for anoncvs's lock in /cvs/src/src/gdb

Jonathan Larmour
2001-05-03T05:45:00Z

In article < Pine.SUN.3.91.1010503140324.613J-100000@is > you write:
>Is there any reasonable way to prevent anoncvs from locking the
>repository for prolonged periods of time? I've just committed a small
>change, and now I'm sitting before the terminal for 30 minutes staring at
>``waiting for anoncvs's lock'' messages. And it's not over yet.
>
>This is ridiculous: anoncvs access to the GDB sources should not punish
>the developers so much!
>
>Is this a CVS limitation, or can something be done?

It was a stale lock. The cvs server instance that created it must
have crashed.

I've deleted it so it should work now.

Jifl
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