Re: CVSROOT: No such file or directory?

[Spiro Trikaliotis]

Hello,

* On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 10:35:08AM -0800 Mark D. Baushke wrote:
 
> Second, I have seen something similar related to NFS operations on
> some hosts where the directory being released was on an NFS mounted
> directory and there were kernel messages like 
> 
>     'got bad cookie vp <hexstring> bp <hexstring>'
> 
> with the user seeing something like:
> 
>  % cvs release -d foo
>  You have [0] altered files in this repository.
>  Are you sure you want to release (and delete) directory `foo': yes
>  cvs release: deletion of directory src failed: Directory not empty
>  %
> 
> but I have not actually seen the error you are reporting.

Just for the records:

I have seen exactly the behaviour you are reporting on a Windows
machine.

Some poeple might remember my problems with getting CVS to run on DOS I
posted some time ago. My setup is now as follows:

I checkout everything on a Windows box, and completely work from the
Windows share on the DOS box. That is, nothing is done locally in DOS,
but all in the (shared) directory.

Now, if I just worked in the directory in the DOS box and I am ready to
stop working, I am not allowed to "cvs release -d" the directory. If I
do this, I get exactly the message you mentioned above. Interestingly, I
have now the following situation:

1. I cannot delete the directory from the Windows share until I have
   waited some time (> 15 minutes, it seems to me)
   
2. I cannot issue a "cvs release -d" afterwards, because CVS does not
   recognize the directory as a CVS repository anymore. It seems to me
   that some administrative files are already removed.

(and: Yes, I have made sure on the DOS box that I am not in the
directory on the network drive anymore: The sandbox can be found in
r:\dos\<SANDBOXNAME>, and I issue a cd \ in r: before trying to release
the sandbox.)

Regards,
   Spiro.

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