(CVS repository problem) Re: Programs fail to recognize paths.

[Charles Wilson]

cygwin's cvs can only host repositories on binary (unix) mounted drives. 
  It can't host them on text (dos) mounted drives.  What is the output 
of 'mount' ?

--Chuck


Andrew Markebo wrote:

> Hmm weird, no idea, continue digging on the mailinglist, BTW What kind
> of mounts do you have, if you type mount what does it say, do you have
> more than one cvs.exe around?? 
> 
>         /Andy
> 
> / Michael Labhard <ince@pacifier.com> wrote:
> | Thanks, again, for the reply.
> | 
> | Tried /cygdrive/c/... also without success.  Init'ed repository with
> | 
> | 	cvs -d /usr/local/cvs-repository init
> | 
> | Interesting thing is that if I init another repository it works for that 
> | session.  When I shutdown the computer and come back to it at the next 
> | session the new repository is not recognized.  Here is output from all of my 
> | attempts.  Very confused!!  Sorry to take up so much of your time but seems 
> | like CVS would be important to have working under CygWin.  REALLY LOVE CygWin 
> | in every other way.  This is the only application I have had trouble with in 
> | CygWin to any major extent.  CygWin is a tremendously useful piece of 
> | software and I am extremely delighted to have it.
> | 
> | -- Michael
> | 
> | 
> | The Owner@HOME-KE6PIJUPJP ~
> | $ cd projects/dde
> | 
> | The Owner@HOME-KE6PIJUPJP ~/projects/dde
> | $ cvs -d /cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/local/cvs-repository update
> | cvs update: Updating .
> | cvs update: cannot open directory 
> | /cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/local/cvs-repository/dd
> | : No such file or directory
> | cvs update: skipping directory
> | 
> | The Owner@HOME-KE6PIJUPJP ~/projects/dde
> | $ ls /cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/local/cvs-repository
> | CVSROOT  cvslocks  dde
> | 
> | The Owner@HOME-KE6PIJUPJP ~/projects/dde
> | $ ls c:/cygwin/usr/local/cvs-repository
> | CVSROOT  cvslocks  dde
> | 
> | The Owner@HOME-KE6PIJUPJP ~/projects/dde
> | $ cvs -d c:/cygwin/usr/local/cvs-repository update
> | c: Unknown Host
> | cvs [update aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)
> | 
> | The Owner@HOME-KE6PIJUPJP ~/projects/dde
> | $ cvs -d /usr/local/cvs-repository update
> | cvs update: Updating .
> | : No such file or directoryectory /usr/local/cvs-repository/dde
> | cvs update: skipping directory
> | 
> | The Owner@HOME-KE6PIJUPJP ~/projects/dde
> | $ cvs update
> | cvs update: in directory .:
> | cvs update: ignoring CVS/Root because it specifies a non-existent repository 
> | /us
> | r/local/cvs-repository
> | cvs update: in directory .:
> | cvs update: ignoring CVS/Root because it specifies a non-existent repository 
> | /us
> | r/local/cvs-repository
> | cvs update: in directory .:
> | cvs update: ignoring CVS/Root because it specifies a non-existent repository 
> | /us
> | r/local/cvs-repository
> | cvs update: Updating .
> | cvs update: in directory .:
> | cvs update: ignoring CVS/Root because it specifies a non-existent repository 
> | /us
> | r/local/cvs-repository
> | : No such file or directoryectory /usr/local/cvs-repository/dde
> | cvs update: skipping directory
> | 
> | The Owner@HOME-KE6PIJUPJP ~/projects/dde
> | $ ls /usr/local/cvs-repository
> | CVSROOT  cvslocks  dde
> | 
> | The Owner@HOME-KE6PIJUPJP ~/projects/dde
> | $
> | 
> 
> 



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