Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 08:35:48 -0400 From: Gerard Samuel <gsam@trini0.org> To: Kenneth Karoliussen <odin@active-area.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cvs & pserver Message-ID: <3D341324.8090009@trini0.org> References: <20020716122214.56FA83EC6@f2.active-area.com>
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Apparently the problem was the way I was setting the environment.
When I ran ->
export CVSROOT=/files/www/data/source
as one command, everything ran smoothly.
Kenneth Karoliussen wrote:
>Gerard Samuel wrote:
>
>
>>Ive had cvs setup for some time now, and Im trying to set it up using
>>pserver.
>>Ive setup the CVSROOT environment like so ->
>>
>>CVSROOT=/files/www/data/source
>>export CVSROOT
>>
>>I setup a passwd file under CVSROOT/passwd
>>
>>I could log into the cvs server with ->
>>cvs -d :pserver:gsam@cvs.trini0.org:/files/www/data/source login
>>
>> From here, when I try to do cvs co <my project>, I keep getting ->
>>cvs [checkout aborted]: /files/www/data/source/CVSROOT: No such file or
>>directory
>>
>>The directory CVSROOT does exist. Does anyone know what my problem may be.
>>Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>
>cvs obviously has a problem locating the approperiate CVSROOT structure
>with the necessary control files. It should normally be located under
>${CVSROOT}/CVSROOT/
>
>Please check the cvs (1) manual and the init command;
>
><<
>init - Initialize a repository by adding the CVSROOT sub-
>directory and some default control files. You must
>use this command or initialize the repository in
>some other way before you can use it.
> >>
>
>I.e. $ cvs -d /files/www/data/source init
>
>(You may omit -d if you set the CVSROOT variable).
>
>Best,
>
>Kenneth Karoliussen
>
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