Re: CVS/root error (or warning) message

2002-02-20 Thread Mark Fraser
Larry, > Mark Fraser writes: > > > > To reiterate, the error does NOT occur > > when I do > > > > cvs -d %CVSROOT% co project > > > > or when I do > > > > cvs -d //(path to repository) co project > > > > but it DOES occur when I do: > > > > cvs co project > > > > > > Why would one get the error

Re: CVS/root error (or warning) message

2002-02-19 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 02:48:26PM -0500, Mark Fraser wrote: > I have set up CVS to run locally, all involving windows > machines. The repository is called 'cvsroot' and > is being accessed as \\ServerName\cvsroot > > When (on the client) I set an environment variable like so: > set CVSROOT=\\Se

Re: CVS/root error (or warning) message

2002-02-19 Thread Larry Jones
Mark Fraser writes: > > To reiterate, the error does NOT occur > when I do > > cvs -d %CVSROOT% co project > > or when I do > > cvs -d //(path to repository) co project > > but it DOES occur when I do: > > cvs co project > > > Why would one get the error and not the other two cases? Becau

Re: CVS/root error (or warning) message

2002-02-19 Thread Mark Fraser
> Mark Fraser writes: > > > > I have set up CVS to run locally, all involving windows > > machines. The repository is called 'cvsroot' and > > is being accessed as \\ServerName\cvsroot > > If I interpret that correctly, you're running with the repository on a > Windows share. That's a very bad

Re: CVS/root error (or warning) message

2002-02-19 Thread Larry Jones
Mark Fraser writes: > > I have set up CVS to run locally, all involving windows > machines. The repository is called 'cvsroot' and > is being accessed as \\ServerName\cvsroot If I interpret that correctly, you're running with the repository on a Windows share. That's a very bad idea -- we've h

CVS/root error (or warning) message

2002-02-19 Thread Mark Fraser
I have set up CVS to run locally, all involving windows machines.  The repository is called 'cvsroot' and is being accessed as \\ServerName\cvsroot   Import works fine.  Then..   When (on the client) I set an environment variable like so:   set CVSROOT=\\ServerName\cvsroot   and then do:   c