Frederic Brehm writes: > > I got a loginfo generated mail message that contained: > > >Directory /long/path/to$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/Emptydir/junk added to the repository > > It seems to me like this is either 1) a user mistake or 2) a CVS bug, > but not 3) nothing to be concerned about.
Exactly. What version of CVS are you running? Reasonably recent versions do not allow users to commit files in Emptydir. > The user who caused this message also created a soft link in $CVSROOT > with lrwxr-x--- permissions. > > CVSROOT/Emptydir -> /tmp > > I think that he's trying to prevent new directories to be added in > the wrong place in the repository, but I'm not sure that this is the > right approach. > > Is this safe or will it eventually cause grief? It will almost certainly cause grief eventually. Update to the current version of CVS (1.11.2, which you can get from www.cvshome.org) if you haven't already, remove the symlink, and run "cvs init" to create Emptydir correctly. -Larry Jones What's the matter? Don't you trust your own kid?! -- Calvin _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
