Re: cvs checkout failure messages

[grant.schoep]

At 09:35 AM 9/11/2006, Larry Jones wrote:
> Grant Schoep writes:
> >
> > cvs [checkout aborted]: Server sent invalid file size `E cvs server:
> > Couldn't open rcsinfo template file
> > /usr/local/cvs-repository/CVSROOT/rcsinfo.template: No such file or
> > directory'
>
> That implies that you have an entry in your CVSROOT/rcsinfo file that
> points to a file that doesn't exist (the one metioned above).
>
> -Larry Jones
>
> Can I take an ax to school tomorrow for ... um ... show and tell? -- Calvin

I think I figured out the culprit. I'll bug him tomorrow about it.

I was confused, as  /usr/local/cvs-repository/CVSROOT/rcsinfo.template does 
not exist anywhere.

Our CVSROOT it set to somewhere else. But, I looked into our real 
$CVSROOT/CVSROOT directory, parent to all good.

THere was a rcsinfo file that had been update during that day everything 
started to break. It had a line setting  DEFAULT to 
/usr/local/cvs-repository/CVSROOT/rcsinfo.

And, it was user read only file.

By just getting rid of the $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/rcsinfo on the CVS server, all 
worked good. I'll post more if I find out him saying " oh I did that". Or, 
read up more on how $CVSROOT/CVSROOT works, as I have happily been able to 
ignore that areas most of my dev career.