Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 14:33:35 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: Bruce.H.Kwan@jpl.nasa.gov Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ncvs Message-ID: <199811272233.OAA07806@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <3653A295.36D7D277@jpl.nasa.gov>
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In article <3653A295.36D7D277@jpl.nasa.gov>,
Bruce H. Kwan <Bruce.H.Kwan@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
> Hi-
>
> I recently tried to update my system to 2.2.7-stable but
> had a problem with CVSup. So far, I have run cvsup
> to grab the files. The *default prefix=/usr as well
> as the base.
>
> However, when I attempt to find out what
> tags are available using:
> # cvs log Makefile
> in my /usr/src directory I get:
>
> cvs log: in directory .:
> cvs log: ignoring CVS/Root because it specifies a non-existent
> repository /home/ncvs
> cvs log: No CVSROOT specified! Please use the `-d' option
> cvs [log aborted]: or set the CVSROOT environment variable.
>
> Why was CVS/Root set to /home/ncvs? Do I need to
> create this directory? Where was it specified?
It sounds like you've got your source tree all balled up. Please send
me your supfile and also the exact command you're using to invoke
cvsup. Then I can probably tell you how to get back on track.
John
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