#8 CVS checkout problem

[Martin]

Hi,

tried to checkout jbidwatcher but failed:

cvs update: failed to create lock directory for
`/cvsroot/jbidwatcher'
(/cvsroot/jbidwatcher/#cvs.lock): Permission denied
cvs update: failed to obtain dir lock in repository
`/cvsroot/jbidwatcher'
cvs [update aborted]: read lock failed - giving up

Any ideas?
Thanks
Martin

[Morgan Schweers]

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Greetings,
Here's the pair of commands I used just now to check out the
current version of JBidwatcher (they may get mangled onto
multiple lines, just merge them back if so):

cvs
-d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/jbidwatcher
login

...then just hit 'enter' for the password.

cvs -z3
-d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/jbidwatcher
co -P jbidwatcher

...that does the actual checkout.

This worked for me minutes ago, as a test.

I also have 'CVS_RSH=ssh' defined in my environment,
although unsetting it and trying again just now, shows it
doesn't matter.

Are those the commands you were running, and if not, what
variations were you trying? (And do those commands work for
you, now?)

-- Morgan Schweers, CyberFOX!

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Hi Morgan,

thanks for prompt answer. It seems I have to checkout as
anonymous instead of with my username:

$ cvs -d :ext:skopp@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/jbidwatcher
co jbidwatcher
cvs checkout: warning: cannot write to history file
/cvsroot/jbidwatcher/CVSROOT/history: Permission denied
cvs checkout: Updating jbidwatcher
cvs checkout: failed to create lock directory for
`/cvsroot/jbidwatcher/jbidwatcher'
(/cvsroot/jbidwatcher/jbidwatcher/#cvs.lock): Permission denied
cvs checkout: failed to obtain dir lock in repository
`/cvsroot/jbidwatcher/jbidwatcher'
cvs [checkout aborted]: read lock failed - giving up

While
cvs -d
:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/jbidwatcher
co jbidwatcher
worked fine!

I'll try to do some changes as soon as I have the time and
will send you patches, ok?

[Morgan Schweers]

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Greetings,
Marking this as closed, as it was resolved back in April.

-- Morgan Schweers, CyberFOX!