cannot read from /cvs/CVSROOT/Emptydir/##CVSDUMMY/##CVSDUMMY

[th_wm]

Hello,

after trying to call cvs update on a directory myDir, which is not the
current directory, I've got the error message

cvs -d :<mycvs-root>/cvs up -d ../../myDir
cvs server: User 'myuser' cannot read from
/cvs/CVSROOT/Emptydir/##CVSDUMMY/##CVSDUMMY

instead of updating that directory.
Remark: :<mycvs-root>/cvs, myuser myDir are ok; I only anonymized it here.
The command works, if I call cvs up without the 2nd -d option, when the
working directory is to be updated.

What was wrong or missing, what may be the reason for this error message?
How can the problem be resolved?

Thomas Wiedmann

[Mark D. Baushke]

Post by th_wm
after trying to call cvs update on a directory myDir, which is not the
current directory, I've got the error message
cvs -d :<mycvs-root>/cvs up -d ../../myDir
cvs server: User 'myuser' cannot read from
/cvs/CVSROOT/Emptydir/##CVSDUMMY/##CVSDUMMY
instead of updating that directory.
Remark: :<mycvs-root>/cvs, myuser myDir are ok; I only anonymized it here.
The command works, if I call cvs up without the 2nd -d option, when the
working directory is to be updated.
What was wrong or missing, what may be the reason for this error message?

It would seem that the relative directories are giving CVS problems.

Post by th_wm
How can the problem be resolved?

Try doing the update directly while in the ../../myDir directory:

cd ../../myDir
cvs update -d

If that does not work, then more information will be needed about the
contents of your checked out tree.

-- Mark

[th_wm]

... this is my current workaround. But nevertheless I'm interested how
another directory could be updated by CVS without this workaround.

Thomas Wiedmann