Re: question about cvsignore

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address@hidden (Larry Jones) wrote in message news:<address@hidden>...
> address@hidden writes:
> > 
> > currently, my $CVSROOT/CVSROOT dir does not contains a cvsignore file.  Is
> > it sufficient to simply create the file in the directory,
> > or do I need to checkout CVSROOT, and 'cvs add' the cvsignore file?
> 
> Simply creating the file is sufficient, but checkout and add is more
> correct.

I have the same problem too: $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvsignore doesn't work.
Here is my previous posting:

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| I am having problems trying to avoid some files using cvsignore
file.
| When I created it using the following command,
| 
|   echo "*.class *.txt *.jar" > $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvsignore
|   chmod ug+rwx,o-rwx !$
| 
| and did a cvs import (using a normal user account), all .class files
| get imported. Here is part of the output:
| 
| N .../tests/DBSecurityMatrixTests.java
| N .../tests/DBSecurityMatrixTests.class
| 
| When I set the CVSIGNORE intead,
| 
|   export CVSIGNORE="*.class *.txt *.jar"
| 
| The .class files get correctly ignored. (I saw:)
| 
| I .../tests/DBSecurityMatrixTests.class
| 
| What's wrong? Both my root and normal user have the same CVSROOT
| setting. Besides, I set
| 
|   export CVSREAD=yes
| 
| in my client env. 
| 
| Please help. Thanks
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I've been searching through news archive for the answer. It seems to
be the most frequently asked question, with no correct answer yet.

Here is what happened when I tried to "checkout CVSROOT, and 'cvs add'
the cvsignore file":

/export/cvs/CVSROOT# cvs add cvsignore
cvs add: in directory .:
cvs [add aborted]: there is no version here; do 'cvs checkout' first

/export/cvs/CVSROOT# cvs checkout . 
cvs [checkout aborted]: Cannot check out files into the repository
itself

/export/cvs/CVSROOT# cvs checkout cvsignore
cvs [checkout aborted]: Cannot check out files into the repository
itself