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Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 14:13:28 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: "Jeffery B. Rancier" <jeff DOT rancier AT softechnics DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Updated: cvs-1.11.6-3 [Requires cygwin-1.5.3+]
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Please keep cygwin messages on the cygwin list.

Jeffery B. Rancier wrote:
> Pardon the ignorance, but does this mean that this must be done on the
> repository?  And, I don't follow this I may corrupt the repository?
> 

No, it doesn't, exactly.  This ONLY affects the modules definition 
database, and the val-tags database.  While the contents of those files 
are important, they're not your source code.

The modules database can always be automatically regenerated from the 
modules file (this regeneration happens when you check out/check in the 
modules file.

*I'm not sure about this*, but I believe that the val-tags database ONLY 
helps to speed access to the various tags in the repository, but is not 
really necessary.  I *think* that if you simply delete it, cvs will be 
somewhat slower for a while, but it eventually will reconstruct the 
val-tags (it's sort of like a cache) as you continue to use cvs and 
access old tags.

But, we've provided a tool to painlessly fix the problem before it 
happens -- so why not use it?

--
Chuck


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