Subject: Re: cvs still behaving strangely...
To: None <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: Dr. Rene Hexel <rh@vip.at>
List: current-users
Date: 09/08/2000 11:45:21
Greywolf wrote:

> # > FWIW:  /usr/src is on its own filesystem, so /usr/src must exist prior to
> # > starting the cvs checkout.
> #
> # cd /usr/src ; cvs checkout -d . -P src-crypto-all
> #
> # The "-d ." tells it not to create a "src" subdirectory.
> 
> No go.  That was what I tried first, and it said something about
> "directory /cvsroot is not a valid relative of /cvsroot/basesrc" or
> some such.

  Well, a trivial solution would be

  cd /usr/src
  cvs checkout src
  mv src/* .
  rmdir src

  Not very elegant, I admit :-)

  Cheers
      ,
   Rene