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RE: Checkout problem on cvs host
From: |
Craig Dickson |
Subject: |
RE: Checkout problem on cvs host |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:15:41 -0800 |
After further investigation, I actually am now seeing it on the client box
as well. Perhaps I was all along ...
Here is the terminal output:
C:\dev\test\MAIN>cvs checkout -d . test
cvs server: existing repository /usr/local/cvsroot does not match
/usr/local/cvsroot/test
cvs server: ignoring module test
Is this what is expected?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Dickson [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 2:11 PM
> To: 'address@hidden'
> Subject: RE: Checkout problem on cvs host
>
>
> > -----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.
>
>
> > --
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > ________________
> > I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated
> Development
> > That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. Thank you.
> > -- Vance Petree, Virginia Power
> >
>
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