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Re: [MiNT] Xaaes:update:info.c



On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 10:58 +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 10:31 +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> >> cvs add should not really require write access, since all it actually
> >> does is add a line to CVS/Entries.  You can simulate that with
> >> echo "/info.c/0/dummy timestamp//" >> CVS/Entries
> >
> > CVS has to ensure that the file hasn't been added by someone else
> > already.
> 
> How does it matter?

Because that's the way the client was written.....

Alan.