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Re: CVS/root error (or warning) message
From: |
Larry Jones |
Subject: |
Re: CVS/root error (or warning) message |
Date: |
Tue, 19 Feb 2002 15:17:50 -0500 (EST) |
Mark Fraser writes:
>
> I have set up CVS to run locally, all involving windows
> machines. The repository is called 'cvsroot' and
> is being accessed as \\ServerName\cvsroot
If I interpret that correctly, you're running with the repository on a
Windows share. That's a very bad idea -- we've had many reports of
repository corruption when using network file systems.
> and then do:
>
> cvs co projectname
>
> It seems to work but I get the message:
>
> --------------------------------------------
> cvs checkout: in directory \\ServerName\cvsroot:
> cvs checkout: ignoring CVS/Root because it specifies a non-existent =
> repository \\ServerName\cvsroot
> ---------------------------------------------
That looks like you're in the \\ServerName\cvsroot directory when you
issue the command. ***NEVER*** do CVS commands inside the repository;
always do them in a completely separate directory.
If that's not the case, then you've got a CVS subdirectory in your
current directory that contains a bogus Root file. Either fix it or
delete the CVS subdirectory entirely (which will remove that directory
from CVS control).
-Larry Jones
I don't need to improve! Everyone ELSE does! -- Calvin