Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:07:12 +0200 From: Arjan Knepper <arjan@jak.nl> To: Olivier Cherrier <Olivier.Cherrier@cediti.be> Cc: 'freebsd-questions' <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cvs trouble Message-ID: <3B2F1640.EB66123@jak.nl> References: <BB863FBA3E3CAE4DAC430686AD28EA5603895C@brisefer.cediti.be>
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Well you COULD do it the hard way like this, much faster is to use cvsup! Install cvsup cd /usr/share/examples/cvsup read the README and issue cvsup -L 2 -g ./<your_cvs_up_file> Good luck Arjan Olivier Cherrier wrote: > Hello. > > I recently installed a 4.3 minimal release. > Now, I try to retrieve the source tree for src/sys. > > I get the following: > > << > dugorgeon# cvs login > ... > dugorgeon# cvs checkout -r RELENG_4_3_0_RELEASE src/sys > cvs checkout: in directory src: > cvs checkout: cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: No such file or directory > cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot write <CVS/Template file>: No such file or > direct > ory > dugorgeon# echo $CVSROOT > :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs > dugorgeon# cvs logout > (Logging out of anoncvs@anoncvs.FreeBSD.org) > dugorgeon# > >> > > Furthermore, is there *only* one cvs server for all the world? The page > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/anoncvs.html > says the following: > << > At the time of this writing, the following servers are available: > * USA: :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs (Use cvs login > and enter the password ``anoncvs'' when prompted.) > >> > > "/home/ncvs" seems to be the root of the source; isn't it? > So, why the checked out module in the example is "ls"? There is > no "ls" directory in the root of the source tree! > > Thanks a lot for help. > > oc > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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