[ale] OT, cvs question for the experts

Jim Lynch jwl at sgi.com
Fri Aug 8 14:08:52 EDT 2003


Ah!

Thanks....

Denny Chambers wrote:
> 
> try cvs update -d
> 
> Jim Lynch wrote:
> 
> >I admit to being a bit of a novice with cvs.  I have created a cvs
> >repository on system a.  I have been working on a project doing
> >development on system b and when I finish I check in my work and go to
> >system c (user testing) and check out the changes.  All has been working
> >fine until I added a new directory to my project.  I did a cvs add of
> >the directory, a cvs add of the files in the directory and a cvs
> >commit.  cvs reported it had committed the files.  A cvs status on
> >system b shows that to be true.  But when I went over to system c to try
> >to check out the files, the only think that a cvs update finds is the
> >old stuff that was changed.  It doesn't update the new stuff.  I tried a
> >cvs co of the directory but it said:
> >
> > cvs co images
> >cvs server: cannot find module `images' - ignored
> >cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot expand modules
> >
> >I looked in the docs, but I don't see any other commands.  How to I
> >check out a newly added directory and its contents?
> >
> >Both of these systems are running Linux.  On is RH the other Debian.
> >
> >cvs version
> >Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.1p1 (client/server)
> >Server: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11 (client/server)
> >
> >(both systems)
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jim.
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