/#cvs.lock): No such file or directoryctory for <some directory in repository>

[Jim Page - emailsystems.com]

I found a post in an archive regarding this issue which came quite close to
an answer, but not quite. I thought I would share my efforts in case it
saves someone some time. Here is the root of teh original thread:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-cvs/2002-09/msg00009.html

Environment:

Running unix/Windows cvs clients on source located on a volume shared
between OSs, shared using either Samba or Windows Services for unix NFS (I
tried both). specifically, unix client: cvs (various versions 1.11.2 up to
the latest stable release, under linux). Windows clients: WinCVS and the
PushOK cvs proxy for VisualStudio. The server is a linux box running cvs
1.11.17, on slackware 9.

Symptom:

Running pretty much any cvs command on a client (unix or windows) results in
something like the following:

... cvs stuff ...
cvs status: Examining .
/#cvs.lock): No such file or directoryctory for `/home/cvsroot/blah
'vs status: failed to obtain dir lock in repository `/home/cvsroot/blah
cvs [status aborted]: read lock failed - giving up

Fix:

Run dos2unix (or similar) on the CVS/Repository file in the client
directory. Note this problem is on the client, not the server. The problem
is that the DOS EOL at the end of the path in CVS/Repository is interpreted
as part of the path. This may be an incomplete fix, as I am a newvie running
a cvs server, but it seems to have worked for me with no ill effects.

Cheers
Jim


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