Mark Scoville writes: > > cvs init: syntax error in > /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/Mark/src/master/CVSROOT/config' is missing '='
That implies that you already had a CVSROOT/config file (normally, init would have create it), the contents of which are not valid. > Performing a cvs init or any other cvs command from any other directory > continues to render: > > GANDALF:/cygdrive/c/ensignInternet> cvs up > cvs update: CVSROOT must be an absolute pathname (not > `c:\cygwin\home\Mark\src\m')ter > cvs update: when using local access method. > '.s [update aborted]: Bad CVSROOT: `:local:c:\cygwin\home\Mark\src\master If you're running in a checked-out directory, CVS uses the root stored in the CVS/Root file rather than what the $CVSROOT environment variable is set to. The above messages show the classic symptoms of line-ending problems. If you're using both cynwin CVS and WinCVS, you need to make sure that both are set to use the same line ending conventions (either DOS or Unix); right now, it looks like they're different. -Larry Jones It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning. -- Calvin _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
