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Re: cvs co -d oddities in client/server mode
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Larry Jones |
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Re: cvs co -d oddities in client/server mode |
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Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:48:19 -0400 (EDT) |
Helge MEINHARD writes:
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> [pcchxx] ~/work % cvs co -d twolevels/Planning offline/Planning
> cvs server: cannot chdir to twolevels: No such file or directory
> cvs server: ignoring module offline/Planning
> [pcchxx] ~/work % (cd Planning; cvs co -d . offline/Planning)
> cvs server: existing repository /atlascvs does not match
> /atlascvs/offline/Planning
> cvs server: ignoring module offline/Planning
> [pcchxx] ~/work % cvs co -d $HOME/work/offline/Planning offline/Planning
> cvs [server aborted]: absolute pathname
> `/afs/cern.ch/user/h/helge/work/offline/Planning' illegal for server
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> All these checkouts work fine with a local repository.
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> Is this a bug or a feature?
It's a long standing, hard to fix design defect in client/server.
-Larry Jones
Let's just sit here a moment... and savor the impending terror. -- Calvin