[p4] Getting creative with the protection table

Arnt Gulbrandsen arnt at gulbrandsen.priv.no
Fri May 12 05:52:54 PDT 2006


Ouch.

William Ivey writes:
> Oddly enough, if they do run obliterate it looks like it succeeded, 
> but it doesn't. At least not with a 2005.1 server (if you have a 
> different version it's worth testing to make sure). Editing 
> changelist comments works fine, though.

If I were you, I'd check this after each and every upgrade. And I'd 
check it after each full moon, too.

There's an lwall quote that perfectly describe things like this:

"I find this a nice feature but it is not according to the documentation.
    Or is it a BUG?"
"Let's call it an accidental feature. :-)" Larry Wall in 
<6909 at jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>

Arnt


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