From owner-cvs-other Tue Nov 15 16:52:02 1994 Return-Path: cvs-other-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id QAA16197 for cvs-other-outgoing; Tue, 15 Nov 1994 16:52:02 -0800 Received: from godzilla.zeta.org.au (godzilla.zeta.org.au [203.2.228.34]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA16181; Tue, 15 Nov 1994 16:51:54 -0800 Received: (from bde@localhost) by godzilla.zeta.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id LAA08254; Wed, 16 Nov 1994 11:47:30 +1100 Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 11:47:30 +1100 From: Bruce Evans Message-Id: <199411160047.LAA08254@godzilla.zeta.org.au> To: ache@astral.msk.su, bde@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-other@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: /a/ncvs/src/sys/net if.h if_arp.h Sender: cvs-other-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>bde 94/11/15 06:41:41 >> Modified: a/ncvs/src/sys/net if.h if_arp.h > ^^^^^^ > Suspicious name... cvs apparently has problems with the symlink /home/ncvs -> /a/ncvs. I normally have CVSROOT=/home/ncvs but for a little while I had CVSROOT=/a/ncvs. If $CVSROOT is a different alias from when a module was checked out, then "cvs update" doesn't notice the difference and works; "cvs co" notices the problem and refuses to do anything; "cvs commit" doesn't notice the problem and apparently works except it puts bogus paths in the commit logs and commit mail. Bruce