Subject: Re: anoncvs server problem?
To: Ian Main <imain@gtk.org>
From: Rick Byers <RickB@BigScaryChildren.net>
List: current-users
Date: 12/21/2000 16:49:41
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Ian Main wrote:

> The problem I have getting the src from cvs, is that there are directories
> that get in the way of building some things (they are the same name as
> the file gcc wants to output). Then you rm them to make the build work,
> but then later when you update, cvs will bail cause it can't cd into them.
> Am I the only one who sees this ?  Is there a way around it and still
> be able to use cvs ?

Yes, you should be using "objdirs" so that the build output goes in
/usr/obj instead of /usr/src.  Look
at http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/current/#using-anoncvs.

Rick