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RE: Cannot build latest CVS setup
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Dave Korn <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- Cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 10:29:42 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: RE: Cannot build latest CVS setup
- References: <SERRANOEBtKarvzr0dS00000101@SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Tue, 24 May 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
> ----Original Message----
> >From: Igor Pechtchanski
> >Sent: 24 May 2005 04:15
>
> > On Tue, 24 May 2005, Max Bowsher wrote:
> >
> >> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
> >>> cvs update: move away setup/cfgaux/.direxists; it is in the way
> >>> C setup/cfgaux/.direxists
> >>> $ # that last one looks kinda weird, but probably unrelated
> >>
> >> Umm, bizarre!
> >
> > CVS got confused. A fresh checkout doesn't have this problem.
>
> It probably will do when you update. It's a consequence of giving cvs
> the -dP flags.
Nope, it doesn't. I can't confirm it now, since I've blown away the old
checkout, but I believe CVS simply lost the entry for the cfgaux directory
from the CVS/Entries file. This caused it to believe that there was
*another* cfgaux directory *in* CVS, and that my local copy was in the
way.
Igor
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