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Re: cvs connecting to a repository on Windows broken?
- From: Ronald Landheer-Cieslak <ronald at landheer dot com>
- To: Andy Todd <andy47 at halfcooked dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 17:45:45 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: cvs connecting to a repository on Windows broken?
Is the server a Cygwin CVS? If so, try using /cygdrive/c in stead of c:\
:pserver:andyt@javsource1:/cygdrive/c/eglrepository
HTH
rlc
NB: if this WAG doesn't help, try providing a bit more info, such as what
kind of CVS is running on the Win2000 server
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Andy Todd wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I updated my installation of Cygwin yesterday. As part of this CVS was
> updated to version 1.11.5-1
>
> I had been using cvs quite successfully to talk to a repository on a
> Windows 2000 server. As of this upgrade this is no longer working. When
> I cd to my copy and type 'cvs update' I get an error;
>
> cvs update: CVSROOT requires a path spec:
> cvs update:
> :(gserver|kserver|pserver):[[user][:password]@]host[:[port]]/path
> cvs update: [:(ext|server):][[user]@]host[:]/path
> cvs [update aborted]: Bad CVSROOT:
> `:pserver:andyt@javsource1:c:\eglrepository'.
>
> I've tried doing a fresh checkout (to another directory) with all sorts
> of variations on the path spec but none seems to work, for instance;
>
> $ cvs -d:pserver:andyt@javsource1/c:\\eglrepository login
>
> or
>
> $ cvs -d:pserver:andyt@javsource1/c//eglrepository login
>
> etc.
>
> Can anyone provide any suggestions? Please cc me as I'm not subscribed
> to the list.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Andy
>
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