Re: Changing CVSROOT in CVS/Root of working directory

[Mike Ayers]

mmala wrote:
> Hi
> I am facing a problem.
> Actually, right now our DNS is down so for running
> client server cvs,I am adding IP address of the
> clients as entries in the /etc/hosts file of the
> machine where cvs server is running.But we all have
> previously checked out working directories;the old
> CVSROOT is no longer valid;instead of the server name
> we are giving server ip address and updated using 
> cvs -d $CVSROOT update
> Now in all CVS/Root directories, the new root has
> replaced the old one so we no longer have to use -d
> each time.But in one machine, this is not
> happening.CVS is always reading old CVSROOT and is
> giving error 'there is no machine by that name'
> I changed  CVSROOT in the autoexec file, rebooted that
> machine and did update with -d but in CVS/Root file,
> the old CVSROOT remains.How do I change this?The
> client is win 98 machine and cvs client is command prompt.

	Simply remove all the CVS/Root files in that sandbox and do a 
`checkout -d` from the top of the tree.  This will create new CVS/Root 
files with the new root.


/|/|ike