RE: Checkout problem on cvs host

[Craig Dickson]

After further investigation, I actually am now seeing it on the client box
as well. Perhaps I was all along ... 

Here is the terminal output:

C:\dev\test\MAIN>cvs checkout -d . test
cvs server: existing repository /usr/local/cvsroot does not match
/usr/local/cvsroot/test
cvs server: ignoring module test

Is this what is expected?


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Dickson [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 2:11 PM
> To: 'address@hidden'
> Subject: RE: Checkout problem on cvs host
> 
> 
> > -----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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