-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 S I <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Do I set this value on the server side? I'll > look at it. Thanks You will wish to look and see if it is set by checking out the CVSROOT/config file from the repository. Read https://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.20/cvs_18.html#SEC184 If you see that you are indeed configured to use TopLevelAdmin=yes, then Arno Schuring's analysis that you are unable to create and populate a C:\CVS directory is likely the root-cause of your problem. Good luck, -- Mark > Steve > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "Mark D. Baushke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Arno Schuring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > Subject: Re: Can't checkout to my C: root directly *PANIC* Admin Files > Missing > Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 15:03:47 -0700 > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Arno Schuring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm not sure, but I might have (at least) a > > clue for you... > > > > >Hi > > > > > >I've tried 4 or 5 different Windows > > >command-line versions of cvs.exe from > > >(1.10.5 to 1.11.20). Created a folder called > > >cvs directly under C:\, pointed the path > > >stmt to it. Created Home=C: and CVSROO > > >envrionment variables, etc and successfully > > >logged in to our linux repository where CVS > > >is kept. > > > > Note that you say "created a folder called > > cvs directly under C:\"... > > > > >If I check out any of our CVS modules or > > >projects from the main respository to any > > >subfolder of my drive C: everything goes > > >smoothly. However none of the versions of > > >CVS I tried allow me to directly check out a > > >project to the root. So when at the dos > > >prompt and I type > > > > > >C:\>cvs co -P newproj > > > > > >I get these bizzare errors: > > > > > >cvs checkout: in directory .: > > >cvs [checkout aborted]: *PANIC* administration files missing > > > > I think cvs treats the 'cvs' dir found as its > > own administrative dir. It then fails because > > it expects CVS/Repository and CVS/Root to > > exist, which obviously don't. Remember that > > windows' filesystem is case insensitive... > > > > I'm not exactly sure of this, though: I fail > > to reproduce this on my machine (though it is > > linux, not windows): > > Note: the 'TopLevelAdmin=yes' item in > CVSROOT/config controls if a top-level 'CVS' > administrative directory should be used. If your > repository does not specify that option, then > you won't care if there is a 'CVS' directory in > your root or not. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCgZt93x41pRYZE/gRAvgIAKCsf4fiMe7ENDYpiAYwHA+sx4xH6wCeIHxt DS4TqqrTRelCk7tKOqUl+ew= =fVed -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
