:Hi all,
:
:I have a strange problem here:
:
:zoot# cvs checkout src
:[output deleted]
:zoot# mv src src.old
:zoot# cvs checkout src
:U src/COPYRIGHT
:U src/Makefile
:U src/Makefile.inc1
:U src/README
:U src/UPDATING
:U src/bin/Makefile
:U src/bin/Makefile.inc
:cvs [checkout aborted]: there is a version in src/contrib already
:
:Why is that? Isn't this supposed to work?
:
:Regards,
:Sascha
:
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:http://yoyodyne.ath.cx
This occurs when the existing file is not under CVS management.
cvs will not overwrite it if it is not already managed by cvs.
Either the directory does not have a CVS/ subdirectory, or the
CVS/Entries file does not list the file/dir in question (that is how
cvs knows that a file or directory is under cvs management).
This type of situation usually occurs when you CP things manually
or if you PATCH something which creates a new file or directory
rather then just modifying existing files.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>