Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 17:58:13 -0700 From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: jim@carroll.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CVSup and the CVS repository (fwd) Message-ID: <199707190058.RAA07028@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD.3.91.970718163423.29451F-100000@apollo.carroll.com> References: <Pine.BSD.3.91.970718163423.29451F-100000@apollo.carroll.com>
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In article <Pine.BSD.3.91.970718163423.29451F-100000@apollo.carroll.com>, Jim Carroll <jim@carroll.com> wrote: > > I have been having a tremendous amount of trouble trying to get the CVS > repository installed on my system (FreeBSD 2.2.1). CVSup (version 15.1) > seems to indicate that it has succeeded (and it does build the list file), > but it does not create the CVS repository. By this, I mean it does not > create the CVSROOT/ directory needed by the 'cvs' utility. > > Here is my cvsup supfile > > *default release=cvs tag=. > [...] Bleep. If you want the repository, you must not specify "tag" or "date" in the supfile. Specifying "tag" or "date" causes it to deliver a specific checked out version of each file. Also: > *default base=/usr prefix=/usr You probably don't want "prefix=/usr" for the repository. The "standard" prefix is "/home/ncvs". If you use "prefix=/usr" it will put the repository on top of your "/usr/src" tree, which surely is not what you want. I'd suggest starting with /usr/share/examples/cvsup/cvs-supfile, and modifying it if necessary to meet your needs. Look also at secure-cvs-supfile in the same directory. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth
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