Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 21:30:02 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: misc/2411: make release fails on 2.2beta Message-ID: <199701080530.VAA13564@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/2411; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To: dennisg@seanet.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: misc/2411: make release fails on 2.2beta
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 22:21:16 -0700 (MST)
dennisg@seanet.com writes:
>
> >Number: 2411
> >Category: misc
> >Synopsis: make release fails on 2.2beta
> >Confidential: no
> >Severity: non-critical
> >Priority: low
> >Responsible: freebsd-bugs
> >State: open
> >Class: sw-bug
> >Submitter-Id: current-users
> >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 7 17:30:02 PST 1997
> >Last-Modified:
> >Originator: Dennis Groves
> >Organization:
> >Release: 2.2beta
> >Environment:
> FreeBSD dennisg 2.2-BETA_A FreeBSD 2.2-BETA_A #0: Mon Jan 6 10:26:41 PST 1997 root@dennisg.seanet.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/CUSTOM i386
>
> >Description:
> the followng is a snippit from the make file.
>
> .if !defined(RELEASETAG)
> cd ${CHROOTDIR}/usr && rm -rf src && \
> cvs -d ${CVSROOT} co -P src
>
> this fails with -P no a valid *cvs* option. I don't know why because
> it is a valid co option it's pupose is to prune the tree.
Is CVSROOT defined in your environment? Since it's a local variable, it
must be defined before you run the command.
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