Aaron,
Thanks for the reply. I had WinCVS installed and used
it to get the files onto my machine. When I imported
the project defs and their files into Eclipse the
troubles began. Eclipse won't compile the files for
some reason that I'm looking into. If I get that
straightened out I'll definitely follow your advice!
You may try checking the the files out with Eclipse first then. Maybe WinCVS and Eclipse are not playing well - though I cannot imagine why. I use Eclipse a lot and have never seen this problem. I usually only use other tools to analyze history in the repository.
--- Aaron Bono <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 17 Nov 2006 13:31:30 -0800, ddog
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > I realize this may be an Eclipse issue (they said
> it wasn't....) but
> > perhaps someone here can help me with this.
> >
> > I'm trying to use CVS from within Eclipse 3.xx .
> When I attempt to
> > check out files I get the following message:
> > The server reported an error while performing the
> "cvs checkout"
> > command.
> > : cvs server: warning: cannot write to history
> file
> > /usr/local/cvs/CVSROOT/history: Permission denied
> > : cvs server: failed to create lock directory
> for
> > `/usr/local/cvs/kwcom'
> (/usr/local/cvs/kwcom/#cvs.lock): Permission
> > denied
> > : cvs server: failed to obtain dir lock in
> repository
> > `/usr/local/cvs/kwcom'
> > : cvs [server aborted]: read lock failed -
> giving up
> >
> > However, I can do file comparisons from within
> Eclipse. I can also
> > check out files via WinCVS using the same login
> credentials and
> > connection path. The person who put the files into
> CVS says he didn't
> > make them read-only. The connection seems to be
> breaking within
> > Eclipse. I'm a programmer and not an expert in
> these things and the
> > SysAdmins have all left for the weekend. If anyone
> has had this problem
> > I'd really appreciate the help!
>
>
>
> If you are in a real pinch, I would use TortoiseCVS
> (
> http://www.tortoisecvs.org/ ) or WinCVS to do your
> check in/out and then
> Eclipse to do the editing. Just check the project
> out to your workspace,
> open the project and do a refresh whenever you work
> outside Eclipse.
>
> I'm not sure what Eclipse is doing different from
> WinCVS.