OOOPs. Gonna redo ...
On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 7:45 AM Todd Gruhn <[email protected]> wrote: > > to me, Netbsd-Users-List > I don't think anyone understands what you are trying to do: > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2026, Todd Gruhn wrote: > > I update the revision number (of .xinitrc) . > > (1.2x to 2.0). > > What does this mean? Where and what is .xinitrc? What does it have to do > with CVS? How did you update its revision number? > > > cvs co .xinitrc > > cvs checkout: cannot find module '.xinitrc' > > The cvs program is a client that speaks to a CVS server. The checkout > command (here abbreviated to co) retrieves a whole module stored on that > server (e.g. src on anoncvs.netbsd.org) which may contains thousands of > subdirectories and files. It is NOT used to deal with individual files. > > What do the following say in the directory that you are trying to do this? > > echo $CVSROOT > cat CVS/Repository > cat CVS/Root > cvs log .xinitrc > > > Why does cvs hate .xinitrc? How do I fix this? > > cvs co doesn't know anything about .xinitrc as it is not a module on the > server you are trying to connect to. > > This is no different to: > % ls .nonexistent > ls: .nonexistent: No such file or directory > > That doesn't mean ls hates .nonexistent - it just doesn't exist. > > -- > Stephen > > ###################### > > YAAAHH. I get it; but I dont know how to fix it. > I did as to said: > > echo $CVSROOT > /usr/cvsroot > > cat CVS/Repository > cat: CVS/Repository: No such file or directory > > cat CVS/Root > cat: CVS/Root: No such file or directory > > cvs log/.xinitrc > Unknown command: `log/.xinitrc' > > > I home this helps. I ONLY seem to have prob > ONLY with .xinitrc ... > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 3:58 AM Stephen Borrill <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I don't think anyone understands what you are trying to do: > > > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2026, Todd Gruhn wrote: > > > I update the revision number (of .xinitrc) . > > > (1.2x to 2.0). > > > > What does this mean? Where and what is .xinitrc? What does it have to do > > with CVS? How did you update its revision number? > > > > > cvs co .xinitrc > > > cvs checkout: cannot find module '.xinitrc' > > > > The cvs program is a client that speaks to a CVS server. The checkout > > command (here abbreviated to co) retrieves a whole module stored on that > > server (e.g. src on anoncvs.netbsd.org) which may contains thousands of > > subdirectories and files. It is NOT used to deal with individual files. > > > > What do the following say in the directory that you are trying to do this? > > > > echo $CVSROOT > > cat CVS/Repository > > cat CVS/Root > > cvs log .xinitrc > > > > > Why does cvs hate .xinitrc? How do I fix this? > > > > cvs co doesn't know anything about .xinitrc as it is not a module on the > > server you are trying to connect to. > > > > This is no different to: > > % ls .nonexistent > > ls: .nonexistent: No such file or directory > > > > That doesn't mean ls hates .nonexistent - it just doesn't exist. > > > > -- > > Stephen
