[Zope-CMF] cvs update problems

seb bacon seb@jamkit.com
Mon, 4 Jun 2001 11:34:16 +0100


* Chris Withers <chrisw@nipltd.com> [010602 08:29]:
> > 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 ;-)

Yep, that's exactly what's happening to me.  It seems like most of the
files which need updating are getting this error.  Anything beyond
'cvs up' is a black art to me though; for now, I'm just creating a new
sandbox each time I need an update :S

seb