[Zope-CMF] cvs update problems

Chris Withers chrisw@nipltd.com
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 20:45:13 +0100


> seb bacon wrote:
>
> > <disclaimer>I only know how to use cvs when it works ;)</disclaimer>
> >
> > Whenever I do cvs up -d -P in my sandbox, I get a whole slew of
> >
> >   cvs update: move away xyz; it is in the way
> >
> > messages, and nothing updates.  Is this something to do with the
> > server or am I doing something wrong?
>
>
> Typically, that is a sign that you have created a file locally
> which now conflicts with one which has been added to the repository.
> Was this directory actually checked out from CVS?  (I'm assuming so,
> since you'd likely see other errors).

I've experienced this a few times with CVS checkouts of the CMF, the files
CVS complains about are ones that I only have 'cos a previous checkout got
them, so I don't have a clue what's going on here either ;-)

cheers,

Chris