RE: Checkout problem on cvs host

[Craig Dickson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Denniston [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 1:08 PM
> To: Craig Dickson
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Checkout problem on cvs host
> 
> 
> Craig Dickson wrote:
> > 
> > > >
> > > > When I run the following command on a client computer 
> it works as
> > expected:
> > > >
> > > > cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/usr/local/cvsroot 
> checkout -d . test
> > >
> > >Running CVS as root is nuts.  Doing it using pserver doubly so.
> > 
> > Its just a test system, so get over it.
> > 
> 
> still bad, because you do not get used to getting your 
> directory permissions
> and group file configured correctly.   working on getting over it. :)
> 

just something about being called 'nuts' by someone who didnt have anything
constructive to actually say.

> > >
> > > > However, when I run it on the box that is actually 
> hosting the cvs
> > pserver,
> > > > I get this:
> > > >
> > > > cvs server: existing repository /usr/local/cvsroot does 
> not match
> > > > /usr/local/cvsroot/test
> > > > cvs server: ignoring module test
> > >
> > > checkout really wants to create the directory.  The usual 
> advice is to
> > > run the command from one level higher in the tree with a 
> real directory
> > > name rather than ".".
> > 
> > that doesn't explain the error message, since the operation 
> works on a
> > client. the question is, what is different when running on 
> the actual host
> > server that might cause this message?
> 
> it might help if you posted the pwd of the directory you were 
> running your cvs
> command from and the actual cvs line used on the server.
> Kind of looks like you may be attempting to checkout a 
> sandbox inside of the
> repository, I believe cvs no longer likes that at all.
> 

ah, nope I am in a different directory, which is actually
/root/cctest/test_MAIN
and $CVSROOT locally is /usr/local/cvsroot - but I want to access it via
pserver, so
that the same script will work on other boxes as well.


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