This bug doesn't exist in cvs 1.11.2, please ignore. BFN. Paul.
"Paul Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Submitter-Id: net > Originator: Paul Edwards > Confidential: no > Synopsis: failure to retrieve directory via alias > Severity: serious > Priority: medium > Category: cvs > Class: sw-bug > Release: cvs-1.11 > Environment: > <machine, os, target, libraries (multiple lines)> > System: SunOS ecs1syd2 5.8 Generic_108528-15 sun4u sparc > SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise > Architecture: sun4 > > Description: > If you run the script below, you will find that you get the > error shown in "output". cvs doesn't like the lower level > directory being retrieved before the higher level. > How-To-Repeat: > run the below script. > Fix: > delete checked out directories, then check out high level, then > low level. > > replace "w3.to" with "bigpond.net.au" to get a more reliable > reply address for kerravon > > And note, this problem, like the last, occurs in both CVS 1.10 > and 1.11, so they are long-standing bugs. > > BFN. Paul. > > > Directory name "/repository" is only thing not "true". > > # assuming tempyyy is an alias set to tempxxx > > tail -1 $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/modules > rm -fr $CVSROOT/tempxxx > mkdir tempxxx > cd tempxxx > mkdir abc > echo "fred" >fred.txt > echo "mary" >abc/mary.txt > cvs import -k o -m initial tempxxx user initial > cd .. > rm -fr tempxxx > cvs get tempyyy/abc > cvs get tempyyy > rm -fr tempyyy > > output: > tempyyy tempxxx > /tmp/paul/tempxxx > N tempxxx/fred.txt > cvs import: Importing /repository/tempxxx/abc > N tempxxx/abc/mary.txt > > No conflicts created by this import > > cvs checkout: Updating tempyyy/abc > U tempyyy/abc/mary.txt > cvs checkout: existing repository /repository/CVSROOT/Emptydir does not > match /repository/tempxxx > cvs checkout: ignoring module tempyyy > > > _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs
