Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 09:19:55 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD Stable List <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cvs update fails Message-ID: <199802271619.JAA04116@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <19980227131814.17813@follo.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980226143419.7861M-100000@itsdsv2.enc.edu> <19980227113347.35288@iii.co.uk> <19980227131814.17813@follo.net>
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Eivind Eklund writes: > On Fri, Feb 27, 1998 at 11:33:47AM +0000, nik@iii.co.uk wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 26, 1998 at 02:39:04PM -0500, Charles Owens wrote: > > > setenv CVSROOT /usr/cvs #pointing at my local CVS repository > > > cd /usr/bigsrc/RELENG_2_2 > > > cvs update > > > > cvs update -Pd > > > > It won't fix the problem you're having, but it's a good idea anyway. > > .cvsrc > > It won't fix the problem you're having, but it's a good idea anyway. > > (Translation: The -Pd options should usually be specified in the > .cvsrc file of the user, so 'cvs update' should be the correct thing > to do.) FWIW, CVS has recently been fixed to 'Do The Right Thing' when checking out new directories on branches when -d is given. As many know already, previously it would check out the directory on the HEAD (even if the directory above was a 'sticky branch'. It now checks out directories that only exist on the branch. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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