ok, nevermind; i guess i need to RTFM a little more clearly. now i have to figure out why LinCVS is acting weird though...
sorry for adding unnecessary traffic to the list! -c On Sat, 4 May 2002, C. Grierson wrote: > a couple things to add: > > for clarity's sake, i'll note that this corrupted CVS/Entries > issue is with *all* CVS/Entries files. also, directories with > no files/subdirs have a single 'D' being the entire contents of > their CVS/Entries. > > perhaps i should note also that LinCVS still won't add it to the > 'workbench' after the obstensible 'fix' by the 'cvs update'. this > isn't a direct CVS issue, but perhaps it indicates that there is > still something wrong with the checkout. ignore all this LinCVS > info if it isn't useful--the problem is with cvs itself. > > -c > > On Sat, 4 May 2002, C. Grierson wrote: > > > bonjour `a tous, > > > > i have noticed that upon 'cvs checkout' the CVS/Entries file is not > > properly created, leaving a trailing 'D' in the file, as it appears > > to try to list the directories in the current directory (none > > actually get included in the file). interestingly CVS/Entries.Log > > exists and contains 'A' (add) entries for the directories within. > > > > for some reason, 'cvs update' will fix this problem by recreating a > > proper list in CVS/Entries. while it may seem like this is a non- > > problem since there is a workaround, it is an indicator that some- > > thing is going wrong with the server or client cvs. that and LinCVS > > won't work with it because the CVS/Entries are corrupted ;) (until > > 'cvs update'). i should note that the checkout is made manually and > > not by LinCVS, since i brought it up... > > > > the CVS/Entries.Log file no longer exists after the 'cvs update'. does > > anyone have the remotest idea of what is going on here? > > > > > > before 'cvs update': > > > > CVS/Entries: > > ------------ > > /ChangeLog/1.2/Sat Oct 3 02:05:04 1998// > > /README/1.3/Thu Feb 15 18:40:04 2001// > > /copyright.html/1.3/Tue Apr 2 00:23:32 2002// > > /framebuilder.html/1.5/Tue Apr 2 00:23:32 2002// > > /index.html/1.4/Tue Apr 2 00:23:32 2002// > > D > > ------------ > > > > CVS/Entries.Log > > --------------- > > A D/Test//// > > A D/bin//// > > A D/classes//// > > A D/docs//// > > A D/gifs//// > > A D/local//// > > A D/logs//// > > A D/src//// > > --------------- > > > > after: > > > > CVS/Entries: > > ------------ > > /ChangeLog/1.2/Sat Oct 3 02:05:04 1998// > > /README/1.3/Thu Feb 15 18:40:04 2001// > > /copyright.html/1.3/Tue Apr 2 00:23:32 2002// > > /framebuilder.html/1.5/Tue Apr 2 00:23:32 2002// > > /index.html/1.4/Tue Apr 2 00:23:32 2002// > > D/Test//// > > D/bin//// > > D/classes//// > > D/docs//// > > D/gifs//// > > D/local//// > > D/logs//// > > D/src//// > > ------------ > > > > thanks everyone, > > > > -chris grierson > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs > _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs