> -----Original Message----- > From: Todd Denniston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 1:08 PM > To: Craig Dickson > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Checkout problem on cvs host > > > Craig Dickson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > When I run the following command on a client computer > it works as > > expected: > > > > > > > > cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/cvsroot > checkout -d . test > > > > > >Running CVS as root is nuts. Doing it using pserver doubly so. > > > > Its just a test system, so get over it. > > > > still bad, because you do not get used to getting your > directory permissions > and group file configured correctly. working on getting over it. :) >
just something about being called 'nuts' by someone who didnt have anything constructive to actually say. > > > > > > > However, when I run it on the box that is actually > hosting the cvs > > pserver, > > > > I get this: > > > > > > > > cvs server: existing repository /usr/local/cvsroot does > not match > > > > /usr/local/cvsroot/test > > > > cvs server: ignoring module test > > > > > > checkout really wants to create the directory. The usual > advice is to > > > run the command from one level higher in the tree with a > real directory > > > name rather than ".". > > > > that doesn't explain the error message, since the operation > works on a > > client. the question is, what is different when running on > the actual host > > server that might cause this message? > > it might help if you posted the pwd of the directory you were > running your cvs > command from and the actual cvs line used on the server. > Kind of looks like you may be attempting to checkout a > sandbox inside of the > repository, I believe cvs no longer likes that at all. > ah, nope I am in a different directory, which is actually /root/cctest/test_MAIN and $CVSROOT locally is /usr/local/cvsroot - but I want to access it via pserver, so that the same script will work on other boxes as well. > -- > ______________________________________________________________ > ________________ > I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated Development > That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. Thank you. > -- Vance Petree, Virginia Power > _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs