Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 16:36:48 -0400 From: Jim Carroll <jim@carroll.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: CVSup and the CVS repository (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSD.3.91.970718163423.29451F-100000@apollo.carroll.com>
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I have been having a tremendous amount of trouble trying to get the CVS repository installed on my system (FreeBSD 2.2.1). CVSup (version 15.1) seems to indicate that it has succeeded (and it does build the list file), but it does not create the CVS repository. By this, I mean it does not create the CVSROOT/ directory needed by the 'cvs' utility. Here is my cvsup supfile *default release=cvs tag=. *default delete use-rel-suffix *default host=cvsup.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr prefix=/usr *default compress src-all I ran cvsup thusly: cvsup -g -L2 supfile After it was done, it seems nothing I do can access the CVS repository. I have tried a basic listing of tags, but it yields no results: cvs -d /usr history -T This yields: cvs [history aborted]: cannot open history file: /usr/CVSROOT/history: No such file or directory All attempts to extract source also fails, with an error that the release does not exist: cvs -d /usr -P -r RELENG_2_2_1_RELEASE src This yeilds the error: cvs [checkout aborted]: no such tag RELENG_2_2_1_RELEASE I obviously do not have a firm graps of the inner workings of the CVS system. I have read every reference from the FreeBSD site (handbook & FAQ) I could find. I also have read over the docs that came with the cvsup executable (version 15.1). Any help you can offer would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance --- Jim C., President | C A R R O L L - N E T, Inc. 201-488-1332 voice | New Jersey's Premier Internet Service Provider 201-487-5717 dialup | http://www.carroll.com | Ask about our Business Messaging Services
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