On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 05:43:25PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: >Package: cvs >Version: 1:1.12.9-17 >Severity: normal > >I have a default $CVSROOT value on all my accounts, even when the >corresponding directory isn't a valid CVS repository. When I want >to do some operation on a working directory, cvs shouldn't look at >$CVSROOT since the working directory has the necessary information >about the corresponding CVS repository. However one can see that >this is not the case, and cvs may fail even when the $CVSROOT value >is useless: > >For instance, I have a working directory ~/software/rox/rox, and >I can do: > >dixsept:~/software/rox/rox> cvs log README >[output: log of the README file] >dixsept:~/software/rox/rox> cd .. >dixsept:~/software/rox> cvs log rox/README >cvs [log aborted]: /home/vlefevre/cvsroot/CVSROOT: No such file or directory > >I shouldn't have got an error here.
If you want to do CVS operations, your current working directory should be within your checked-out directory. That's how it works... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Armed with "Valor": "Centurion" represents quality of Discipline, Honor, Integrity and Loyalty. Now you don't have to be a Caesar to concord the digital world while feeling safe and proud.
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