In message <20050802.135155.85411152.he@uninett.no>, Havard Eidnes writes=
:
>> that on update it refetches EVERY file with "C", before each it write =
that =

>> it's moving it away.
>>
>> after finished update, next update does the same.
>
>No, this is not normal.
>
>I think I've seen similar problems when I tried to update from a
>CVS server other than the one found in CVS/Root, or a part of my
>tree was updated from another than the rest of the tree, and I
>tried to update the whole tree from one of them.  CVS really
>likes your entire tree to come from a single CVS server, and
>might be upset as above in case it doesn't.
>

That matches an experience of mine.

The easiest fix is to write a little script that sets all of the
CVS/Root entries to the same thing.  Failing that, you'll probably have =

to wipe the tree and fetch a new one.

		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb