Re: cvs update stopped by missing file or directory

[Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost>]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:57:36PM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote:
> I tried to update source tree but was stopped by
> 
> cvs [update aborted]: cannot open directory 
> /cvsroot/src/external/mit/lua/src: No such file or directory
> 
> Is something temporarily missing at the server end, or did something get
> screwed at my end?

I had the same problem yesterday. The repository was changed in an unsafe
manner after a CVS import into the wrong directory.

The easiest way to fix this is to remove "src/external/mit/lua" in your
CVS checkout and run "cvs update" again.

        Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                 https://zhadum.org.uk/