Re: Can't checkout to my C: root directly *PANIC* Admin Files Missing

[S I]

OK, topleveladmin on the server is set to NO.  Should it be set to yes?

But per Richard or Arno, I renamed the cvs subdir (to mycvs) and I'm fine 
now checking to the root, however, a new problem has come up: if the projx 
already exists on the root when I originally did cvs co -P projx, 
re-executing the command a 2nd time in a row or also running will prompt me 
to delete the projx before proceeding, but if I CD into the projx and do cvs 
update projx or . dot, then I'm fine.  Is that normal?

Here's the new error msg:
...
cvs checkout: move away projx/help/ja/SubAccount.htm; it is in the way
C projx/help/ja/SubAccount.htm  #my comment: looks like it checks it out 
though anyway & it just likes to complain...
...
....
and so on and so forth about every file that already exists.



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S I <address@hidden> writes:

> Do I set this value on the server side? I'll
> look at it. Thanks

You will wish to look and see if it is set by
checking out the CVSROOT/config file from the
repository.

Read https://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.20/cvs_18.html#SEC184

If you see that you are indeed configured to use
TopLevelAdmin=yes, then Arno Schuring's analysis
that you are unable to create and populate a
C:\CVS directory is likely the root-cause of your
problem.

        Good luck,
        -- Mark

> Steve
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Mark D. Baushke" <address@hidden>
> To: "Arno Schuring" <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden, address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Can't checkout to my C: root directly *PANIC* Admin Files
> Missing
> Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 15:03:47 -0700
> References: <address@hidden>
>
> Arno Schuring <address@hidden> writes:
>
>  > I'm not sure, but I might have (at least) a
>  > clue for you...
>  >
>  > >Hi
>  > >
>  > >I've tried 4 or 5 different Windows
>  > >command-line versions of cvs.exe from
>  > >(1.10.5 to 1.11.20). Created a folder called
>  > >cvs directly under C:\, pointed the path
>  > >stmt to it. Created Home=C: and CVSROO
>  > >envrionment variables, etc and successfully
>  > >logged in to our linux repository where CVS
>  > >is kept.
>  >
>  > Note that you say "created a folder called
>  > cvs directly under C:\"...
>  >
>  > >If I check out any of our CVS modules or
>  > >projects from the main respository to any
>  > >subfolder of my drive C: everything goes
>  > >smoothly. However none of the versions of
>  > >CVS I tried allow me to directly check out a
>  > >project to the root. So when at the dos
>  > >prompt and I type
>  > >
>  > >C:\>cvs co -P newproj
>  > >
>  > >I get these bizzare errors:
>  > >
>  > >cvs checkout: in directory .:
>  > >cvs [checkout aborted]: *PANIC* administration files missing
>  >
>  > I think cvs treats the 'cvs' dir found as its
>  > own administrative dir. It then fails because
>  > it expects CVS/Repository and CVS/Root to
>  > exist, which obviously don't. Remember that
>  > windows' filesystem is case insensitive...
>  >
>  > I'm not exactly sure of this, though: I fail
>  > to reproduce this on my machine (though it is
>  > linux, not windows):
>
> Note: the 'TopLevelAdmin=yes' item in
> CVSROOT/config controls if a top-level 'CVS'
> administrative directory should be used. If your
> repository does not specify that option, then
> you won't care if there is a 'CVS' directory in
> your root or not.
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