Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:31:05 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Wilson X-Sender: cwilson AT frontal DOT ibb DOT gatech DOT edu To: "Sagar R. Shah" cc: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cvs-1.11.0-1 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Thanks for the report; I'm glad the new code fixed the problem. --Chuck On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Sagar R. Shah wrote: > > - wrote new wrapper code, so that database access uses only a single > > gdbm-file, not two synchronized ndbm-style .pag/.dir files. Hopefully, > > this means that you can now host a repository on Win9x -- but I can't > > test that myself. > > I'm running Win98SE and I can finally use cvs! :-) Thankyou. > I haven't tested it thoroughly, but I don't get those old errors of the > form: > > cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database > cvs [commit aborted]: cannot open dbm file .#1013 for creation: Permission > denied > > thanks for getting it to use gdbm (if that was the problem, I was never 100% > sure) > > > ------------------------ > > cvs can't do a checkout when pwd = '/'. Reported by Travis Howell > > (Win98SE + cygwin1.1.3) > > I did: > > cd / > export CVSROOT=/cvs > cvs co CVSROOT > cd CVSROOT > > Things worked and looked fine > > I'm running Win98SE + cygwin1.1.4 > maybe the face Travis was using 1.1.3? Just a shot in the dark. > > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com