Re: CVS/fileattr error when checking out

[Larry Jones]

Piet Verhoeve writes:
> 
> cvs server: Updating tcs/cpp/tcs2500/ce2500/src
> cvs server: cannot read /CVS/dev/tcs/cpp/tcs2500/ce2500/src/CVS/fileattr:
> Permission denied
> 
> Can someone tell me what generates this error ?

You don't have read permission on that file.  Someone probably did a
watch or edit in that directory and their default permissions don't
allow you to read the fileattr file they created.

> Can I prevent it from occurring or should I tell the developers not to worry
> ?

You should certainly fix the permissions and try to arrange to avoid the
problem in the future.

-Larry Jones

He piqued my curiosity. -- Calvin