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[bug #55674] "init" command missing from manpage


From: anonymous
Subject: [bug #55674] "init" command missing from manpage
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 06:29:39 -0500 (EST)
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URL:
  <https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?55674>

                 Summary: "init" command missing from manpage
                 Project: Concurrent Versions System
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Fri 08 Feb 2019 11:29:34 AM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 
         Discussion Lock: Any
           Fixed Release: None
   Fixed Feature Release: None

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Details:

I was surprised by


$ cd /tmp
$ mkdir foo
$ cvs -d /tmp/foo init
cvs [init aborted]: init to an existing repository is restricted to members of
the group cvsadmin
$ grep cvsadmin /etc/group 
$ 


The only mention of the cvsadmin group in the manpage is that the "admin"
command is restricted to members of that group if the group exists. I was
stuck until a kind soul explained that I should not have created the empty
directory first, as even though there was no CVSROOT within it, it still
counted as a "repository". A short description of the "init" command in the
manpage explaining that it creates the directory itself would have been
useful.




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