Re: Cvs add: X added independently by second party

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 12:55:21PM -0600, Brook Milligan wrote:
> I went to add a buildlink3.mk file to the lang/R-cpp11 package.  I get the following message from cvs:
> 
> # cvs add buildlink3.mk 
> cvs add: `buildlink3.mk' added independently by second party
> 
> I presume this means that someone added the file, but never committed it; perhaps it was even me having gotten sidetracked in the middle, which often happens.  Is this the correct interpretation?  At this point, how can the file be committed?
> 
> Cheers,
> Brook
> 

The file was committed, you can just rm your local copy and cvs up
and you should get it.