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RE: Checkout problem on cvs host
From: |
Craig Dickson |
Subject: |
RE: Checkout problem on cvs host |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Feb 2003 14:10:51 -0800 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Denniston [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 1:08 PM
> To: Craig Dickson
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: Checkout problem on cvs host
>
>
> Craig Dickson wrote:
> >
> > > >
> > > > When I run the following command on a client computer
> it works as
> > expected:
> > > >
> > > > cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/usr/local/cvsroot
> checkout -d . test
> > >
> > >Running CVS as root is nuts. Doing it using pserver doubly so.
> >
> > Its just a test system, so get over it.
> >
>
> still bad, because you do not get used to getting your
> directory permissions
> and group file configured correctly. working on getting over it. :)
>
just something about being called 'nuts' by someone who didnt have anything
constructive to actually say.
> > >
> > > > However, when I run it on the box that is actually
> hosting the cvs
> > pserver,
> > > > I get this:
> > > >
> > > > cvs server: existing repository /usr/local/cvsroot does
> not match
> > > > /usr/local/cvsroot/test
> > > > cvs server: ignoring module test
> > >
> > > checkout really wants to create the directory. The usual
> advice is to
> > > run the command from one level higher in the tree with a
> real directory
> > > name rather than ".".
> >
> > that doesn't explain the error message, since the operation
> works on a
> > client. the question is, what is different when running on
> the actual host
> > server that might cause this message?
>
> it might help if you posted the pwd of the directory you were
> running your cvs
> command from and the actual cvs line used on the server.
> Kind of looks like you may be attempting to checkout a
> sandbox inside of the
> repository, I believe cvs no longer likes that at all.
>
ah, nope I am in a different directory, which is actually
/root/cctest/test_MAIN
and $CVSROOT locally is /usr/local/cvsroot - but I want to access it via
pserver, so
that the same script will work on other boxes as well.
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