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Re: Unable to release - why?
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Doug Lee |
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Re: Unable to release - why? |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:41:14 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.9i |
Minor correction below...
On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 07:18:09AM -0400, Doug Lee wrote:
> I just checked out a large collection of files with a command like
>
> cvs -d /cygdrive/f/cvsr proj
>
> then tagged the whole thing (and figured out I didn't need to check it
> out in the first place) like this
>
> cvs -d /cygdrive/f/cvsr rtag tag1 proj
>
> then moved one tag manually
>
> cd proj/dir1
> cvs tag -F tag1 file1.txt
>
> All this worked. Then I tried to release the checkout:
>
> cd ../..
> cvs -d /cygdrive/f/cvsr release -d proj
>
> I tried with and without the second -d, but the result was always the
> same: "cvs release: unable to release `proj'."
>
> This is CVS 1.11.17 (client-server) as came with a very recent full
> installation of Cygwin. I run it under Cygwin (tcsh) on Windows XP
> Pro with the latest service packs and critical updates. Drive F is a
> thumb drive. The CVSROOT/history file does show a T record for my
> checkout, and it has 644 perms and is owned by me.
I meant an O record. There's a T record after it for the tag I
applied to the whole project.
> Anyone know why I can't release?
>
> Thanks much.
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