Subject: Re: cvs still behaving strangely...
To: None <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: Dr. Rene Hexel <rh@vip.at>
List: current-users
Date: 09/08/2000 11:45:21
Greywolf wrote:
> # > FWIW: /usr/src is on its own filesystem, so /usr/src must exist prior to
> # > starting the cvs checkout.
> #
> # cd /usr/src ; cvs checkout -d . -P src-crypto-all
> #
> # The "-d ." tells it not to create a "src" subdirectory.
>
> No go. That was what I tried first, and it said something about
> "directory /cvsroot is not a valid relative of /cvsroot/basesrc" or
> some such.
Well, a trivial solution would be
cd /usr/src
cvs checkout src
mv src/* .
rmdir src
Not very elegant, I admit :-)
Cheers
,
Rene