Re: My first hung repository

John Peacock <jpeacock@rowman.com>:
> Eric S. Raymond wrote:
>
> >Partial answer: fuser(1).
>
> Part of SUSv3 apparently, but not available on non-Unix platforms like
> Win32, hence this is not a workable solution for a cross-platform
> package like Subversion.

Which already uses Unix scripting for its Unix port -- so at the very
least it could use fuser(1) for the Unix port and avoid a very common
trouble case.

The fact that the Windows port must remain brain-damaged is not an excuse
for leaving the Unix port brain-damaged.

-- 
		Eric S. Raymond
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