From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Nov 27 14:34:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA01512 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 14:34:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA01498 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 14:34:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA16643; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 14:33:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) From: John Polstra Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id OAA07806; Fri, 27 Nov 1998 14:33:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 14:33:35 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199811272233.OAA07806@vashon.polstra.com> To: Bruce.H.Kwan@jpl.nasa.gov Subject: Re: ncvs Newsgroups: polstra.freebsd.stable In-Reply-To: <3653A295.36D7D277@jpl.nasa.gov> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <3653A295.36D7D277@jpl.nasa.gov>, Bruce H. Kwan wrote: > Hi- > > I recently tried to update my system to 2.2.7-stable but > had a problem with CVSup. So far, I have run cvsup > to grab the files. The *default prefix=/usr as well > as the base. > > However, when I attempt to find out what > tags are available using: > # cvs log Makefile > in my /usr/src directory I get: > > cvs log: in directory .: > cvs log: ignoring CVS/Root because it specifies a non-existent > repository /home/ncvs > cvs log: No CVSROOT specified! Please use the `-d' option > cvs [log aborted]: or set the CVSROOT environment variable. > > Why was CVS/Root set to /home/ncvs? Do I need to > create this directory? Where was it specified? It sounds like you've got your source tree all balled up. Please send me your supfile and also the exact command you're using to invoke cvsup. Then I can probably tell you how to get back on track. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -- H. L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message