Re: checkout fails to put files in working directory

[Eric Siegerman]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 06:23:09PM -0000, sharstern119 wrote:
> I execute the cvs checkout command, and a working directory is 
> created. But none of the files in the repository are in my working 
> directory. My working directory just contains the directory 
> structure. 
> 
> The only exception to this is new files that I've added and 
> committed to the repository since it was built.

The files that aren't being checked out -- how did they get into
the repository?

Could you post a "cvs status -v" of one or two of the
uncooperative files, and of one or two files that *are* getting
checked out?  That might help us to see what's going on.  Also
the exact command line you're using to do the checkout.

> Does anyone know what's going on? I'm using CVS version 1.9.22 on a 
> Red Hat system.

That's absolutely ancient!  So many bugs have been fixed that I
couldn't begin to guess whether you're tripping across one of
them.  Upgrade to 1.11.1p1.  CVS is pretty easy to build from
source, so don't let the lack of an RPM stop you.

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