Re: Strange update behavior

[Christian Schmolzi]

Larry Jones schrieb:

>> Several update tries with differnt options did not succeed. The only
>> way to get the file from the repository was by telling cvs
>> explicitely which file to update ("cvs update -P file.txt"). Another
>> colleague of me reported this behavoir happened with his windows
>> client (WinCvs). 
> 
> The only thing I can think of that would account for that behavior is
> that the repository file is in the Attic rather than the regular
> directory (only files that are not alive at the head of the trunk
> should be in the Attic).  If so, you can manually move it out of the
> Attic.  I have no idea how that would have happend, though; either an
> error occurred that prevented CVS from moving it or someone did
> something nonstandard.

No, the repository file was surely not in the Attic. 

Thanks for your answer,
Chris