Larry Jones wrote, On 06/02/2010 08:38 PM: > Todd Denniston writes: >> Actually we are probably looking at naive users who used too little >> imagination in creating the >> directory they feed into the $CVSROOT variable, i.e., they did (at least at >> one time) >> export CVSROOT=/a/directory/somewhere/on/mymachine/CVSROOT > > Hmmm, I hadn't considered that the problematic CVSROOT directory might > actually be the root of a repository. If that's the case, the users > should rename the directory to something else since it will cause > problems in the future (and is seriously confusing to boot). >
Especially when you consider that you now have 3 CVSROOTs to talk about on the mailing list $CVSROOT #environment var pointing to repository $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/ # repository config files $CVSROOT/../CVSROOT/ # repository It's always been fun trying to figure out what folks were talking about on the mailing list with just the first two. >> i.e. CVS lets you do the following with out complaint: >> cd /tmp/ >> cvs -v # Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.22 (client/server) >> mkdir CVSROOT >> cvs -d /tmp/CVSROOT/ init > > Not any more -- that triggers the "Cannot initialize repository under > existing CVSROOT" message that we're discussing. (just so I know) are you saying 1.11.23 triggers the message? The example I gave worked with 1.11.22, with out any messages. > >> Also in my copy of the cederqvist, which is admittedly cederqvist-1.11.23 a >> bit old, the section F.1 >> "Partial list of error messages" is partial enough that it does not contain >> any text along the lines of: >> cvs [init aborted]: Cannot initialize repository under existing CVSROOT: >> `ProblemDir' > > Good point -- that seems to have been overlooked when the message was > added. I'll add something about it. Thanks. -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list Bug-cvs@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs
