Re: Val-tags file

[Eric Siegerman]

On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 03:20:08PM -0400, Mike Ciul wrote:
> I have a script that exports and installs a module. For security 
> reasons, it runs as a read-only user. If I make a new branch tag and 
> then run the script, this is what happens:
> 
> my script says:
> cvs -d address@hidden export -r [new-tag] [module]
> 
> cvs says:
> cvs [export aborted]: cannot write 
> /usr/local/cvsroot/CVSROOT/val-tags: Permission denied

Perhaps this is a dumb question, but why didn't "cvs [r]tag"
write the val-tags entry?

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