• Bug#265814: Confused error with inconsistent CVS/Root files

    From Miciah Dashiel Butler Masters@1:229/2 to All on Sun Aug 15 08:10:05 2004
    From: [email protected]

    Package: cvs
    Version: 1.12.9-3

    This continues the saga begun in Debian bug #265810.

    % cat src/protocol/CVS/Root
    :pserver:[email protected]:/home/cvs/elinks
    % cat src/protocol/nntp/CVS/Root
    :pserver:[email protected]:/var/cvs/elinks
    % cvs status src/protocol/Makefile.am src/protocol/nntp/Makefile.am
    ===================================================================
    File: Makefile.am Status: Up-to-date

    Working revision: 1.34
    Repository revision: 1.34 /home/cvs/elinks/elinks/src/protocol/Makefile.am,v
    Sticky Tag: (none)
    Sticky Date: 2004.08.14.07.53.14
    Sticky Options: (none)

    cvs status: nothing known about `src/protocol/Makefile.am'
    ===================================================================
    File: no file Makefile.am Status: Unknown

    Working revision: No entry for Makefile.am
    Repository revision: No revision control file

    ===================================================================
    File: Makefile.am Status: Up-to-date

    Working revision: 1.1
    Repository revision: 1.1 /var/cvs/elinks/elinks/src/protocol/nntp/Makefile.am,v
    Sticky Tag: (none)
    Sticky Date: 2004.08.14.07.53.14
    Sticky Options: (none)
    %

    If I reverse the paths, the error message and information
    on the ghost Makefile.am still appear after the information
    on src/protocol/nntp/Makefile.am.

    I get "nothing known about `src/protocol/Makefile.am'" with cvs diff,
    too:

    % cvs diff src/protocol/Makefile.am src/protocol/nntp/Makefile.am
    cvs diff: I know nothing about src/protocol/Makefile.am
    zsh: exit 1 cvs diff src/protocol/Makefile.am src/protocol/nntp/Makefile.am
    %

    I don't get the error with either file alone:

    % cvs status src/protocol/Makefile.am > /dev/null
    % cvs status src/protocol/nntp/Makefile.am > /dev/null
    cvs [status aborted]: no such directory `src/protocol/nntp'
    % cvs diff src/protocol/nntp/Makefile.am
    cvs [diff aborted]: no such directory `src/protocol/nntp'
    % cvs diff src/protocol/Makefile.am
    %

    I don't understand the 'no such directory' errors,
    but that is a separate problem, possibly related
    to the configuration of elinks.or.cz.

    Love,

    -- Miciah <[email protected]>


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