Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 02:24:47 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Jose Liang <jliang@so-net.net.tw> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with cvs commit failed in cvs-freebsd setup [REVISED] Message-ID: <20060308002447.GA2747@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <002301c6423b$f5293520$2e02a8c0@josematrix> References: <000401c64147$b521c310$2e02a8c0@josematrix> <20060307080753.GB972@flame.pc> <001201c641c2$83bb7840$2e02a8c0@josematrix> <20060307084529.GD1882@flame.pc> <002301c6423b$f5293520$2e02a8c0@josematrix>
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On 2006-03-08 07:07, Jose Liang <jliang@so-net.net.tw> wrote: > > On 2006-03-07 16:45, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > > > > Because "$CVSROOT" in your environment is not set correctly. You have > > obviously included the string ``:local:'' somewhere in there, which is > > wrong. > > > > I see. If I use pserver then "$CVSROOT" set like this: > > :pserver:jose@localhost:/home/cvs/cvsroot > > is it correct? Yes. The "pserver" and "ext" methods require a prefix. For local paths it's not necessary :) > > This list looks ok. I think your only problem is the wrong value of > > $CVSROOT. Try setting CVSROOT in your environment to include *ONLY* the > > path to the CVS root directory. > > > > For /bin/sh or GNU bash, this would be: > > > > $ export CVSROOT='/home/cvs/cvsroot' > > > > For csh(1) the equivalent is: > > > > % setenv CVSROOT /home/cvs/cvsroot > > > > If this works fine, then make sure you also update any shell startup > > files that include the old CVSROOT value, and you're set to go :) > > > > That's wonderful! It is working now! > Thank you for your patience and guide, thank you very much!! Absolutely fantastic. I was beginning to wonder what was wrong, since I've been using the FreeBSD CVS scripts both at home and work with a fair amount of success :)
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