Re: Prob with cvs

[Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>]

On Thu, 11 Jun 2026, Todd Gruhn wrote:
> WOWWWWW!
>
> did:
>
> mv .xinitrc .xinitrc.BAK
> cvs update .xinitrc  # thit worked
>
> Buy I always did cvs co ...

I don't think you did.

> Why did this work?
> Do I need to do 'update'  or 'checkout' to pull the file back out?

Update shows you what has altered between your local copy and repo and 
will update the local copy if the repo copy is newer:

U = updated from repo
P = updated via a patch from repo
M = uncommitted changes in local copy
C = clash between local changes and updates in the repo
A = new file added to local copy, not committed yet
R = file removed from local copy, not commited yet

Do not use checkout anywhere near this.

> Anywhooooo, thanks.
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 9:34 AM Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Jun 2026, Todd Gruhn wrote:
> > > I think I did it correct ...  "cva log .xinitrc" was huge
> > >
> > >
> > > cd /usr/tmp/DOT-FILES
> > >
> > > echo $CVSROOT
> > > /usr/cvsroot
> > >
> > > cat CVS/Repository
> > > DOT-FILES
> >
> > So your repo (a.k.a. module) is DOT-FILES, yet you are trying to checkout
> > a module called .xinitrc (hence the error cvs checkout:  cannot find
> > module '.xinitrc').
> >
> > As mentioned when you asked previously, to update a file, you need to use
> > cvs update. To checkout a repo, you use cvs checkout. The clue's in the
> > name...
> >
> > You are trying to update a single file called .xinitrc within the repo you
> > have previously checked out. It is therefore entirely wrong for you to use
> > cvs checkout. Use cvs update (or cvs up).
> >
> > > cat CVS/Root
> > > /usr/cvsroot
> > >
> > > cvs log  .xinitrc
> > >
> > > RCS file: /usr/cvsroot/DOT-FILES/.xinitrc,v
> > [snip]
> >
> > > > > > What does this mean? Where and what is .xinitrc? What does it have to do
> > > > > > with CVS? How did you update its revision number?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > cvs co .xinitrc
> > > > > > >    cvs checkout:  cannot find module '.xinitrc'
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The cvs program is a client that speaks to a CVS server. The checkout
> > > > > > command (here abbreviated to co) retrieves a whole module stored on that
> > > > > > server (e.g. src on anoncvs.netbsd.org) which may contains thousands of
> > > > > > subdirectories and files. It is NOT used to deal with individual files.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What do the following say in the directory that you are trying to do this?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > echo $CVSROOT
> > > > > > cat CVS/Repository
> > > > > > cat CVS/Root
> > > > > > cvs log .xinitrc
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Why does cvs hate .xinitrc? How do I fix this?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > cvs co doesn't know anything about .xinitrc as it is not a module on the
> > > > > > server you are trying to connect to.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is no different to:
> > > > > > % ls .nonexistent
> > > > > > ls: .nonexistent: No such file or directory
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That doesn't mean ls hates .nonexistent - it just doesn't exist.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Stephen