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Re: CVS problem
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- Subject: Re: CVS problem
- From: Carl Hetherington <cth at carlh dot net>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 14:37:04 +0100 (BST)
On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Carl Hetherington wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a CVS repository in d:/cth103/CVS that I set up with a DOS port of
> CVS. I've recently installed cygwin, so I thought I'd try using the copy
> of cvs.exe in there.
>
> I have linked my D: drive into cygwin using
> mount -b D: /d
>
> Now from a DOS prompt if I try
> cvs -d :local:/d/cth103/CVS diff Makefile
>
> I get
> ' is missing '=' error in /d/cth103/CVS/CVSROOT/config: line '
> /#cvs.lock): No such file or directoryory for `/d/cth103/CVS/3d
> 'VS diff: failed to obtain dir lock in repository `/d/cth103/CVS/3d
> CVS [diff aborted]: read lock failed - giving up
Its alright, it seems to be a big mess caused by the different line
endings used by the DOS version. I'm beginning to get it straightened out
now. Dear Mr. Gates, Why oh why oh why ... ;-)
Sorry to bother you all
Carl
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