RE: cvs login error

[Dave Korn]

Larry Jones wrote:
> Dave Korn writes:
>> 
>>   Well, as it says in that there error message, there is an unrecognized
>> keyword "UseNewInfoFmtStrings" in the CVSROOT/config file.  Fix the
>> faulty config and the server should start working again.
> 
> But that immediately raises the question of where you got a config file
> that doesn't match your server.  It sounds like you have multiple
> versions of CVS installed on the server or your repository is on some
> kind of network file system.  Either is a very bad idea and should be
> corrected.

  Heh, or just as likely that someone has been getting a bit overenthusiastic
and trying out all the exciting possible options in the config file without
realising that they've been reading a version of the manual somewhere on the
web that is for a more recent version of CVS than what they're running.....

  But yes: we can't diagnose what the underlying cause of the problem is from
our end, and Manish should certainly make sure he understands why and how that
cvs server came to be fed with a config option it doesn't understand.

    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....