Subject: Problem updating for "NetBSD Security Advisory"
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: John Fisher <jdf@rse.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/12/2003 22:05:58
Can someone help me understand the error message I am getting when tring to 
update /usr/src/usr.bin/file.  This all stems of course from the "NetBSD 
Security Advisory 2003-003 Buffer Overflow in file(1)" annoucement I just 
read on mane.os.netbsd.announce news group.

I first set my environment:
/usr/src > export CVSEDITOR=/usr/local/bin/emacs
/usr/src > export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.netbsd.org:/cvsroot
/usr/src > export CVS_RSH=ssh

Then run the command that was suggested in the announcement:
/usr/src > cvs update -d -r netbsd-1-6 -P usr.bin/file

And the result:
cvs server: Updating usr.bin/file
cvs server: cannot open directory /cvsroot/basesrc/usr.bin/file: No such \ 
file or directory
cvs server: skipping directory usr.bin/file

My sources for NetBSD-1.6 are from 11-02-2002.

John Fisher
jdf@rse.com