This almost seems as if you'd remove all contents of
the mentioned compile/ directories, including CVS directory.

If you remove the mentioned compile/ directories and do cvs update
again, would it succeed?

Jaromir

Tomi Nylund wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> when trying to update my source tree from anoncvs.fr.netbsd.org,
> I received the following error:
> 
> sikw4:(root)/usr# cvs update -d -P -D 20020618 src
> 
> cvs update: ignoring src/sys/arch/acorn26/compile (CVS/Repository
> missing)
> 
> ...
> 
> cvs update: ignoring src/sys/arch/x86_64/compile (CVS/Repository
> missing)
> ssh: zathras.local: No address associated with hostname
> cvs [update aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if
> any)
> sikw4:(root)/usr# 
> 
> And that's it. Something borken there, or has the config
> changed lately? (Worked appr. two weeks ago with same config)
> 
> sikw4:(root)/usr# echo $CVSROOT
> :ext:anoncvs@anoncvs.fr.netbsd.org:/pub/NetBSD-CVS
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tomi
> 
> PS: Please reply to the mailing list, as my e-mail address is obfuscated
> to repel spammers.
> 


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