[cvsnt] cvs checkout -d gives error instead of updating

David Somers dsomers at trevezel.com
Tue Jul 13 15:54:50 BST 2004


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Hi Oliver,

> > Ah, so when you checkout into an existing sandbox, you
> automagically get the
> > update behaviour instead?
>
> Yup.

Thanks for clarifying that.

[snip]
> > cvs server: Updating balls
> > U balls/!magic
[snip]

> Well there's at least one unusual file in that example and that is the
> item starting with an exclamation mark.

Its not unusual (for me) as I do have files that start with a '!'. I didn't
read anywhere that cvsnt was allergic to files starting with '!'.

> Does this also happen when you
> update a different module that does not have any such a files?

Yes.

> Also, do you maybe have anything strange in your cvsrc or .cvsrc
> file(s)?

No. I don't have anything in these files.

> Did the first checkout really create the (hidden) CVS admin
> directory (W:\tmp\zzzz\balls\CVS) and accompanying files (i.e.
> Entries.*, Root, Repository)?

Yes.

> Furthermore, please make sure that W: is not a network drive or we could
> stop talking right there...

W: is a physical drive. (The 'W' means Work.)

Cheers,

David




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