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Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 22:38:52 -0600 (CST)
From: Mumit Khan <khan AT NanoTech DOT Wisc DOT EDU>
To: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
cc: Cygwin Developers List <cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: Re: net release/installer status?
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Chris Faylor wrote:

> I just did a cvs update to grab this change but nothing got updated.
> Am I just being impatient or is there a problem?

It's hitting a lock, and spinning since I sent the mail out. CVS has
certain bugs that will cause a lock left in place when a remote
connection aborts.  Could you please check the mingw directory to see
if there's a .#* file there?

cvs server: [20:21:45] waiting for anoncvs's lock in /cvs/src/src/winsup/mingw
cvs server: [20:22:15] waiting for anoncvs's lock in /cvs/src/src/winsup/mingw
[ ... ]
cvs server: [20:37:44] waiting for anoncvs's lock in /cvs/src/src/winsup/mingw

Regards,
Mumit