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Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:31:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: "Sagar R. Shah" <Sagar DOT Shah AT sid DOT cam DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cvs-1.11.0-1
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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.
> 
> 
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