From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd)
Subject: RE: CVS with remote access ?
24 Sep 1997 21:02:54 -0700
Message-ID: <19970925034245.19833.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com>
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To: David DOT Billinghurst AT riotinto DOT com DOT au, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
Cc: bischoff AT ise DOT com



>Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 08:42:18 +1000
>From: "Billinghurst, David" <David DOT Billinghurst AT riotinto DOT com DOT au>
>Subject: RE: CVS with remote access ?
>To: "'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com'" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
>Cc: "'bischoff AT ise DOT com'" <bischoff AT ise DOT com>
>
>I recently put binaries for rcs-5.7 and cvs-1.9 on
>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8328
>If I ever start an FAQ it should include 
>
>Problem:
>
>CVS gives errors like:
>	CVS.EXE checkout: Your CVSROOT is set for a remote access method
>	CVS.EXE checkout: but your CVS executable doesn't support it
>	CVS.EXE checkout: (c:\cvsroot\reductn)
>	CVS.EXE [checkout aborted]: Bad CVSROOT
>
>Cause:  
>
>The environment variable CVSROOT has a colon ":" in it
>For example CVSROOT=c:\cvsroot\reductn
>
>Solution
>
>Remove the colon.  For example CVSROOT=\cvsroot\reductn
>

Make those foward slashes if you set them from BASH, like this:
CVSROOT=/cvsroot/reductn.  Otherwise you will end up with 
CVSROOT=cvsrootreductn.

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