CVS checkout timed out, shouldn't have

Question

In JDev 10g 9.0.5.1, I am attempting to perform a CVS checkout module. This has worked without problem before in both 9.0.5.1 and 9.0.5, however, I am now seeing some strange behavior. First, it takes approximately 2 minutes for the checkout command (cmd.exe /c cvs -d :pserver:<username>@<hostname>:/project checkout Module) to show up in the Messages tab. Second, the list of files being checked out grows quickly but then on the very last file, JDev's progress bar animation starts stuttering and takes up 99% of the CPU time. After a couple more minutes, I get the following dialog box:
Unable to check out files from CVS repsistory.
cvs server: Updating Project/Project/war/jsp/mod
Process did not respond after 60000 milliseconds, timed out.
I've tried this several times, with and without restarting JDev and, starting this morning, it consistently fails. I tried reproducing the problem outside of JDev, using CVSNT's console cvs command, and it doesn't reproduce. Performing the same checkout from the console works repeatedly without hitch.
I don't think this has anything to do with the last file that JDev checks out before timeout. In fact, after the timeout, when I go to the project directory and examine the last file to appear in the Messages tab during checkout, it exists and is uncorrupted. I think JDev is timing out on whatever process it usually does immediately following the retrieval of the last file.
Anyone have any ideas on how to fix or workaround this?
Thanks,
Jeff

Answer 1

Hi,
Which specific version of CVSNT are you using? Are your checked out files on your local hard disk, or on a shared network drive?
The timeout is configurable via the CVS page in preferences. The behavior you're seeing is consistent with what I know of the implementation - it's not actually possible to safely terminate CVS commands once they start, so if a command takes an excessive amount of time, JDeveloper will eventually time out, but the command may still eventually complete in the background.
The main thing we need to investigate is why CVS is running so slowly on your machine from within JDeveloper...
Thanks,
Brian
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