Re: Unexpected directory-entry in CVS/Entries

[gnu-cvs]

> *WHAT* error message?!?

I thought, in this case it was crystal clear: something like 
"sub2/file2.txt" is not available in the repository, because the 
sub2-stuff comes from a different repository than the one from the 
current working directory (sub1).

--
Cheers,
Tom


Larry Jones wrote:
> gnu-cvs@regnis.de writes:
>
> > sub1/
> > + sub2/
> >
> > Situation a)
> > You have checked out sub1 and sub2 from the same repository (but 
> > different locations in it). Invoking 'cvs update' in sub1 dives into 
> > sub2. Invoking 'cvs update sub2/file2.txt' fetches the file.
>
>
> This is the correct behavior regardless of whether sub1 and sub2 come
> from the same repository or different repositories.
>
>
> > Situation b)
> > You have checked out sub1 and sub2 from two different repositories (e.g. 
> > one pserver and another ext). Invoking 'cvs update' in sub1 only 
> > processes the sub1 directory. Invoking 'cvs update sub2/file2.txt" 
> > produces an error message.
>
>
> *WHAT* error message?!?  How do you expect us to help you when you won't
> tell us any details about the error?  I cannot reproduce your problem
> with CVS 1.11.19 -- situation b works just like situation a, as it
> should.  Please recreate the problem using ``cvs -t'' to get a trace and
> post the results.
>
> -Larry Jones
>
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