On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Peter O'Gorman wrote: > > On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 11:19 PM, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > >> I believe that this is just a coincidence: I've gotten the same error > >> message running selfupdate-cvs from my home directory, which has no > >> CVS > >> directories in it. I've always attributed it to a busy server. > > > > I think you're wrong, the CVS/Root file, if it already existed from a > > different archive, would set an incorrect value for CVSROOT. It would > > be > > a correctable problem, by explicitly using the -D option to cvs, so as > > to > > force the correct CVSROOT regardless of the value in CVS/Root. > > > > If I get an extra moment today, I'll post some diffs to prove this. > > Don't bother, the code says: > $descdir = "$basepath/fink"; > chdir $descdir or die "Can't cd to $descdir: $!\n"; > ... and then it runs your cvs command. > > Sourceforge has set up a system which puts limits on anonymous cvs > access, it bites quite often and the only thing to do is to keep trying.
You're right. I went reading into it to write up a patch, and found it too. I've thought up several other ways to screw it up, but they won't work in this situation. > > Thanks, > Peter > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best > thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features > you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | electronics, communications, and SF/Fantasy. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
