[LispM-Hackers] Re: More CVS issues

[James A. Crippen]

On Sat, 5 May 2001, John Morrison wrote:

> Hi;
> 
> I added the same entries to my /etc/hosts file as on the "right"
> kappa.

When you get new mail on this be sure to update your hosts.  This problem
will go away when the rest of the net agrees on where I am.

> So, now I can login to CVS and start to do a status, but then I get:


> [jm@linux3 e3]$ cvs status
> ? expl-6.1-custom
> ? macros.h
> ? registers.txt
> cvs server: Examining .
> cvs server: failed to create lock directory for `/home/cvsroot/e3' (/home/cvsroot/e3/#cvs.lock): Permission denied
> cvs server: failed to obtain dir lock in repository `/home/cvsroot/e3'
> cvs [server aborted]: read lock failed - giving up
> [jm@linux3 e3]$                                          

I've encountered this before, but I have yet to figure out how to deal
with it.  I've found the easiest way to fix it is to just remove the
directory and recheck it out.  PITA but one of these days I'll work it
out.  I think it has something to do with your copy of the repo.

'james

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