From: "Max Bowsher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Birgit Guder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 5:25 PM Subject: Re: V 1.3.22: CVS Checkout from local: No such file or directory
> Birgit Guder wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I tried to setup cvs server on my windows 98 machine through cygwin. > >> However I could not even manage to get the basics of cvs working. I > >> create a new repository with: > >> > >> $ cvs -d/cygdrive/d/data/cvs init > >> > >> The directory /cygdrive/d/data/cvs exists and contains now a subdirectory > >> named CVSROOT. > >> When I try to checkout the CVSROOT module , I get an error message "No > >> such file or directory". > >> > >> $ cvs -d/cygdrive/d/data/cvs checkout CVSROOT > >> cvs checkout: Updating CVSROOT > >> cvs checkout: cannot create read lock in repository > >> `/cygdrive/d/data/cvs/CVSROOT': No such file or directory > >> cvs [checkout aborted]: read lock failed - giving up > >> > >> > >> What is going wrong here? > > Hmm. WFM, WinXP: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [~] $ mkdir -p /cygdrive/e/data/cvs > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [~] $ cvs -d/cygdrive/e/data/cvs init > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [~] $ cvs -d/cygdrive/e/data/cvs checkout CVSROOT > cvs checkout: Updating CVSROOT > U CVSROOT/checkoutlist > U CVSROOT/commitinfo > U CVSROOT/config > U CVSROOT/cvswrappers > U CVSROOT/editinfo > U CVSROOT/loginfo > U CVSROOT/modules > U CVSROOT/notify > U CVSROOT/rcsinfo > U CVSROOT/taginfo > U CVSROOT/verifymsg > > > Given the error messages, I guess you should check to see if init actually > produced a CVSROOT. > > Max. > Just to be shure, I tried again. I still get the same error. The CVSROOT directory is there and seems to contain all needed files: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/1577-470 ~ $ ls -l -a /cygdrive/d/data/cvs/CVSROOT total 49 drwxr-xr-x 3 Birgit unknown 0 Mar 22 21:22 . -rw-r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 493 Mar 22 21:22 .#checkoutlist -rw-r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 760 Mar 22 21:22 .#commitinfo -rw-r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 527 Mar 22 21:22 .#config -rw-r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 753 Mar 22 21:22 .#cvswrappers -rw-r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 1025 Mar 22 21:22 .#editinfo -rw-r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 1141 Mar 22 21:22 .#loginfo -rw-r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 1151 Mar 22 21:22 .#modules -rw-r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 564 Mar 22 21:22 .#notify -rw-r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 649 Mar 22 21:22 .#rcsinfo -rw-r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 879 Mar 22 21:22 .#taginfo -rw-r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 1026 Mar 22 21:22 .#verifymsg drwxr-xr-x 3 Birgit unknown 0 Mar 22 21:22 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 Birgit unknown 0 Mar 22 21:22 Emptydir -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 493 Mar 22 21:22 checkoutlist -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 695 Mar 22 21:22 checkoutlist,v -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 760 Mar 22 21:22 commitinfo -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 962 Mar 22 21:22 commitinfo,v -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 527 Mar 22 21:22 config -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 729 Mar 22 21:22 config,v -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 753 Mar 22 21:22 cvswrappers -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 955 Mar 22 21:22 cvswrappers,v -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 1025 Mar 22 21:22 editinfo -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 1227 Mar 22 21:22 editinfo,v -rw-r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 0 Mar 22 21:22 history -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 1141 Mar 22 21:22 loginfo -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 1343 Mar 22 21:22 loginfo,v -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 1151 Mar 22 21:22 modules -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 1353 Mar 22 21:22 modules,v -rw-r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 3072 Mar 22 21:22 modules.db -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 564 Mar 22 21:22 notify -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 766 Mar 22 21:22 notify,v -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 649 Mar 22 21:22 rcsinfo -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 851 Mar 22 21:22 rcsinfo,v -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 879 Mar 22 21:22 taginfo -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 1081 Mar 22 21:22 taginfo,v -rw-r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 0 Mar 22 21:22 val-tags.db -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 1026 Mar 22 21:22 verifymsg -r--r--r-- 1 Birgit unknown 1228 Mar 22 21:22 verifymsg,v -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
