On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Rasputin wrote:

> Can anyone spot the deliberate mistake here?
> (Is this possibly a problem on the server end?)

No doubt it is.

> 1rasputin@nailbunny:pkgsrc$ cvs update
> can't create temporary directory
> No space left on device

> 1rasputin@nailbunny:pkgsrc$ mkdir ~/tmp
> 1rasputin@nailbunny:pkgsrc$ cvs -T ~/tmp update
> can't create temporary directory
> No space left on device

The -T argument specifies the temporary directory *on* *the* *server*.
You really can't use that profitably unless you have an account on the
server, so you know where the free space is.

What's likely happened is that aborted checkouts have left the
designated area littered with junk, and the administrator just has to
clean it up.

Frederick