RE: Where is the Modules file when starting from scratch?

[Mike Flynn]

Yes, 'cvs init' was all that was required. I did not install CVS and the
person who did, did not initialize the respository.

Thanks to all who pointed this out,
Mike Flynn

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Helmer [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:45 AM
To: Mike Flynn
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Where is the Modules file when starting from scratch?



It looks like your CVSROOT is set, so do "cvs init".

That will create the CVSROOT/ dir and the administrative
files.

On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 11:23:59AM -0800, Mike Flynn wrote:
> New to CVS I followed the 'info cvs' section 'Creating a directory from
> scratch' and entered:
> 
>       $ cd tc
>       $ cvs imnport -m "Created directory structure" yoyodyne/DIR yoyo
> start'
> 
> which produced no error messages from CVS version 1.11 running under
> FreeBSD, but when
> I attempt to define the module 'tc' by first getting a copy of the modules
> file, CVS responds to the following entry:
> 
>       $ cvs checkout CVSROOT/modules
> 
> with:
> 
>       $ cvs checkout $CVSROOT/modules
> 
> CVS gives:
> 
>       $ cvs checkout: cannot find module `/usr/local/cvs/modules' -
> ignored
> 
> Indeed there are no administrative files in /usr/local/cvs/ or any
> subdirectory.
> What do I need to do to have these files created?
> 
> Mike Flynn
> Indyme Electronics, Inc.
> address@hidden
> 858-268-0717 x564
> 
> 
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